>Hold up, all that stuff is completely unattested (and would have to be facts tried before a jury anyway).
I mean, it was going to be attested until the judge decided to adjourn his proceedings and push him out the back door to avoid ICE. He's charged with domestic abuse.
>But more: What if the suspect was in court on an immigration concern?
Based on my limited understanding of immigration law I'd agree that there's probably a valid mechanism for the judge to legally intervene in the deportation to let the immigration concern be addressed -- but that isn't what happened here. The defendant was there for a criminal charge of domestic abuse and the judge essentially canceled his hearing and snuck him out the back to prevent ICE from executing a legal order to deport someone who is here illegally and has already been deported once before.
>The point of the Rule of Law is that you don't empower individuals to make decisions about justice, ever.
That's why the judge is being arrested, because she as an individual skirted legal process to interrupt a lawful deportation (allegedly).
I mean, it was going to be attested until the judge decided to adjourn his proceedings and push him out the back door to avoid ICE. He's charged with domestic abuse.
>But more: What if the suspect was in court on an immigration concern?
Based on my limited understanding of immigration law I'd agree that there's probably a valid mechanism for the judge to legally intervene in the deportation to let the immigration concern be addressed -- but that isn't what happened here. The defendant was there for a criminal charge of domestic abuse and the judge essentially canceled his hearing and snuck him out the back to prevent ICE from executing a legal order to deport someone who is here illegally and has already been deported once before.
>The point of the Rule of Law is that you don't empower individuals to make decisions about justice, ever.
That's why the judge is being arrested, because she as an individual skirted legal process to interrupt a lawful deportation (allegedly).