[rdcbn]

The reality is that this case never really went to a formal court for litigation.

The case was heard by an Administrative Law Judge which is a very different thing.

This is a serious abuse of the Administrative Law process.

[tbw2]

In the book “By the People”, the author describes the whole travesty of the civil law system. You’re tried on violations of regulations set by the agency, by a judge of the agency, appeal to a judge of the agency, and if it gets to the regular courts, they defer to the agency under the belief that the agency knows best.
And to top it all off, they use a lower standard of guilt, the 50.01% standard, instead of beyond a reasonable doubt.