Posted on 08/14/2021 12:19:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Brandon Rutherford wore a face mask Wednesday as he stood in front of a Hamilton County judge to be sentenced for his recent drug conviction.
"I had the mask on because I heard the COVID numbers were back up," Rutherford told the WCPO 9 I-Team.
Rutherford, 21, said Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Wagner asked him questions.
"He asked me, was I vaccined?" Rutherford said. "I told him no. And he asked me if I planned to get vaccined, and I told him no."
Rutherford said that's when Wagner ordered him to get a COVID-19 vaccine shot within two months as a condition of Rutherford's community control, which is often called probation.
"I don't plan on getting it. I don't want it," Rutherford said. "So, for him to tell me that I have to get it in order for me to not violate my probation is crazy because I'm just trying to do what I can to get off this as quickly as possible, like finding a job and everything else, but that little thing can set me back."
Rutherford's attorney, Carl Lewis, stood next to his client during sentencing.
"When you hear that, you're like, 'Whoa, I don't think the judges are within their powers to do that,'" Lewis said.
Lewis told the I-Team this is the first time he's heard of a Hamilton County judge ordering someone to get the COVID vaccine.
On Rutherford's court papers, there's a question mark next to the judge's requirement for Rutherford to get vaccinated.
"If he truly believes that he's within authority to order the individual to get a vaccine, then we'll have a legal issue to address," Lewis said.
The I-Team sent the judge's staff an email and left two phone messages requesting comment on the court order, but they did not respond.
"It's not like I'm out here getting into any more trouble or anything like that," Rutherford said. "But because I don't take a shot, they can send me to jail. I don't agree with that."
My posts are be coming more hostile everyday because of this. This judge should be hunted down like a rabbit dog. They do not have the power to order them experimental vaccines on anyone.
I would be happy if a superior court slapped down his ruling and he was then disbarred for life for thinking he could make up law to suit his emotional instabilities.
“That order will be fun to litigate.”
I’m certain it’s in the sentencing guidelines somewhere...
I will bet it isn’t. Not many are that stupid, although they may be just as tyrannical as the judge. Black Robe Fever is a disease.
The judicial branch is about as anti-American as is humanly possible.
This stuff absolutely flies in the face of everything the judicial branch is to protect and enforce.
But hey, they wouldn’t defend our election system either, the last firewall of lineety and our Republic.
The Left is skilled at manipulating people.
Yes the democrats are much politicians than republicans.
So ignoring the dumazz public will not win elections. You know why covid vaccines are almost 3 times more popular than Trump voters in 2020? Because the dumazz public is petrified of covid. Trump would have won in a landslide if he just said “I FEEL YOUR PAIN”. Instead he said covid was no big deal and will disappear when warm summer weather arrives. That was his only major mistake during his 4 years in office.
Any republican contender who does not understand fear of the voting masses will lose much bigger in 2024. Trump at least had charisma. Very few others can match that.
Yes the democrats are much politicians than republicans.
So ignoring the dumazz public will not win elections. You know why covid vaccines are almost 3 times more popular than Trump voters in 2020? Because the dumazz public is petrified of covid. Trump would have won in a landslide if he just said “I FEEL YOUR PAIN”. Instead he said covid was no big deal and will disappear when warm summer weather arrives. That was his only major mistake during his 4 years in office.
Any republican contender who does not understand fear of the voting masses will lose much bigger in 2024. Trump at least had charisma. Very few others can match that.
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