• Melllvar@startrek.website
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    11 months ago

    Why is he not sitting in a cell for contempt of court?

    The judge is setting a bad precedent that is going to be used every single time he tries to hold anyone else in contempt ever again.

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      11 months ago

      I think this is a case of “I know you’re going to appeal and say I was bias. They’re going to look at how much I let you do and get away with and laugh in your face.” I think she’s playing the long game.

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        11 months ago

        Couldn’t anyone else that was held in contempt for doing the same shit down the road use this in their appeal though?

        • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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          11 months ago

          Not directly. Judges have significant discretion over their courtroom decorum and procedure.

          If the judges decisions on stuff like this are reasonable, they are upheld, even if it’s applied diametrically to two identical litigants.

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        11 months ago

        I dunno, giving special treatment to certain defendants doesn’t seem like “the long game” to me.