So in California if I am a productive member of society I have to pay 100% of my traffic tickets but if I am described as being low income my fine is reduced 80%. What happened to equal protection under the law?
“What happened to equal protection under the law?”
Shirley, you jest.
Sounds like a lawsuit in the making.
I was at traffic court in Santa Cruz:
First guy up at the mic is a hispanic guy there for a citation for driving with no license.
RIGHT away the Judge addresses the whole courtroom, “Can I see a show of HANDS for how many are here for that same offense...?”
They all look at him with ribbons of drool coming from the corners of their mouths as the question is translated into Spanish.
A SEA of hands shoots skyward.
“For those with their hands raised, line up at the clerk’s station, I am BULK dismissing your citations, you are here for no reason other than the way the law is written...”
AND THAT WAS THAT..!!!
And then I was suddenly alone in the courtroom, with just 5 or 6 other honkies for fleecing.
“If the executive and legislative branches can do it, so can we!”
Yep, separation of powers is anathema to a socialist government.
Yeah it does, it makes all the sense in the world. Arrest them and make them work off the fines. Pardoning criminality creates an incentive to commit more crimes. You would think a judge would know this all too well.
I couldn’t really “afford” any of the fines i have had to pay. I was required to pay them anyway. I think that is the point of fines. If they were easily affordable, many people would disregard the laws.
This is further proof most laws are in place to extract $$$ for government to waste.
Everyone please remember this simple reality when you receive a jury summons.
They should just s top enforcing the law altogether.
See how that works.