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To: knighthawk

Judges generally have too much power. I realize a judicial process must have order but appointing every judge with the power to impose his or her own little rules, unique and inconsistent, is silly.

I read recently of a woman called as a witness in 1935. She showed up in court wearing very modest slacks and a jacket. The judge wouldn’t let her testify up wearing slacks. She was jailed for contempt until she agreed to wear a dress. She returned to court wearing an extravagant evening gown.

Give some people the ability to be a tyrant and tyranny will follow.


42 posted on 10/15/2022 5:24:13 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: muir_redwoods

> Give some people the ability to be a tyrant and tyranny will follow. <

Excellent comment. Probably one of the top ten truisms about human nature.


44 posted on 10/15/2022 5:29:13 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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