I thought I had replied this morning, but I do not see it so I must have somehow exited before posting. I do think this a very good approach.
Thank you for initiating it.
Being appalled at “guilt by association” doesn’t get us there. We have to know what is overreach in the application of the law, and what is allowed by the law itself, much as we do not like the tone of the law itself.
I do not like civil asset forfeiture, I do not like RICO or the acronym is is known as in the Texas Statutes. Yet, for now at least, those statutes were enacted by the “people’s representative government”. We need to know who is at fault.
We can’t blame the city and county for laws that were enacted, only their own overreach of the same.
Then if the application we decry is still overreach, we have to go back to the legislature to remove laws that are in themselves problematic.
Yes, this is a very valuable approach to pursue.
The caveat is, that organized criminal gangs allow few methods the Founders would have envisioned, to shut them down and stop them from harming innocent citizens; for the innocent citizens they harm are even more victims, than those who the law might reach by overreach — especially in the later case, when it is the legitimately enacted law itself that allows some reach into the criminal enterprise.
Thanks again for this approach. I for one would like to know the extent to which the county might have exceeded its authority under the law, and what the law allows that we might find in itself oppressive.
I do not like oppressive laws. I do not like criminals who harm and oppress innocent civilians. We cannot allow extremes in either direction.
Servus, of course and again, thank you for your willingness to delve into this avenue of inquiry.
“Yes, this is a very valuable approach to pursue.”
He is off-track on this one. Probable cause issues are not heard at bond reduction hearings.
I did read that probable cause was raised at a hearing - perhaps the one that sought recusal of a judge.
Regardless, defense attorneys have made it clear that it will be pursued.