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« on: September 03, 2015, 04:29:29 PM »
It seems that the US District Judge who sent her to jail is a Republican appointee, who is personally opposed to gay marriage Smiley
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« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2015, 04:33:27 PM »
Quote from: The Year Summer Ended In July on September 03, 2015, 04:31:16 PM
shua what would you propose be done with some bureaucrat who prevented people in a certain region from being able to register to vote.

Actually, this used to be a common practice. When courts would push election boards in the South to start registering blacks, they would stop registering anyone. In some cases, they collectively resigned and no steps would be taken to replace them.
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« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2015, 09:53:23 PM »
I myself do not like jailing for contempt of court. But, unfortunately, this is how the system is set up: that is the tool the courts got.

On a related note Smiley

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4087802,00.html

If the law gives the court only the power to jail, the court will jail.
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