Posted on 09/08/2009 11:00:48 AM PDT by Arec Barrwin
Insulted in Restroom, Texas Judge Jails Court Attendee, 69, for Contempt
Posted 1 hour, 15 minutes ago By Martha Neil
Angry about a Texas judge's ruling in a custody matter involving his granddaughter, Don Bandelman followed the jurist into a public restroom at the Caldwell County courthouse.
Then the 69-year-old called District Judge Jack Robison a fool, reports the American-Statesman.
Bandelman says the judge told him to leave, and he did. But then Robison had his bailiffs arrest Bandelman on the courthouse outside the sidewalk and, without any hearing, sentenced him to a 30-day jail term for contempt, the article continues. After two days in the lock-up, Robison commuted his sentence to time served once Bandelman's wife hired a lawyer to file a habeas petition alleging illegal restraint and an appeals court started asking questions.
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Do not question authority. Do not mock our leaders. They shall smite you and throw you down from a high place if you should raise your voice against them.
Not harsh, illegal. He needs to be removed.
I was not aware that the judge’s authority extended outside of the courtroom. How can you be in contempt of court if there is no court?
What a arrogant jerk this judge is. Personal ego is not supposed to be part of the decision making of a judge. He doesn’t have the demeanor to be a judge.
Contempt of Washroom.
This Judge is in for a world of hurt if this guy sues.
The city/county and the taxpayers are in for a world of hurt if he sues.
These pompous judges have couldn’t care less about blood family. Their agenda is to keep overloading the social workers so taxpayers are overburdened with year after year demands for increases in funding, ‘the need is just getting greater’. That’s because blood family is locked out in favor of government, unionized workers.
Do not question your benevolent leaders! They no better than you.
oh come on freepers.....afterall, he called the judge a “FOOL”....how bad can it get?.../sarcasm/
The way some judges are they might as well hold court in the toilet.
Ping~
Makes ya think the grandfather was correct in his assessment.
Can the judge hold us for contempt for calling him a fool as well? How about Op/Ed’s that agree?
court if there is no court
Maybe this judge is a foot tapper in the bathroom and condsiders bathroom stalls his court.
court if there is no court
Maybe this judge is a foot tapper in the bathroom and condsiders bathroom stalls his court.
We’ll have to wait till Skippy Gates does it to see what happens......and how BO weighs in on it.
/sarc
I don't care if he is a Rep, if the story is true as told he needs to go.
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