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Indian Judges Get Schooled
Here’s yet another great article on dysfunctional legal systems , this time from India:
In an order issued late Friday, Judge R. K. Tiwari was told to return for a three-month refresher course after issuing an arrest warrant in defiance of a previous High Court ruling.
Yes, in India, the lower courts can over rule the higher courts… NOT!!
Tiwari had ordered police to detain a landlord in a case where his tenant had failed to pay the power company, despite a previous High Court ruling that the landlord could not be held responsible. Tiwari could not immediately be reached for comment. – [Yahoo/AP]
And I thought it was bad here in the US!! How did this guy make it into office? But (at the risk of sounding like a broken record) one thing I will say is that the whole retraining idea is a good one. All judges and lawyers should be required to take periodic refresher courses in ethics and the law. As should police officers. And soldiers. and High-ranking military. And government officials. And… Well you get the idea.
OK… Back to my cave I go …
Indian judge ordered back to law school – [Yahoo/AP]
Presidential Shenanigans…
“I’m finding a lot of things funny lately. But I don’t think they are.” – Ellen Ripley (From the movie “Alien: Resurrection”)
Was reading a “funny” article earlier today about the White House response to the Clintons’ criticism of President Bushs’ commutation of Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s sentence (wow that was a mouthful!!):
Scott Stanzel, a White House deputy press secretary, said that, “When you think about the previous administration and the 11th-hour, fire-sale pardons … it’s really startling that they have the gall to criticize what we believe is a very considered, a very deliberate approach to a very unique case.” – [Yahoo/AP]
The article goes on to describe how White House officials compared the commutation of “Scooter” Libbys’ sentence to the 140 or so odd pardons granted by former president Bill Clinton just before he left the office.
OK. Now I’m neither a politician or a lawyer, So I’m not going to even attempt to navigate the minefield that is the relationship between the White House and Mr. “Scooter” Libby, but I can certainly see a big difference between a pardon granted to a “fugitive financier”, and that of a government agent who’s position was such that any irresponsible actions could very well compromise national security, and in so doing, the safety and well being of the American people.
Not to mention that, according to the article, there is apparently no legal language that allows a person that has served no time to be given a probationary sentence. Maybe I’m just be being sensationalist. Or splitting hairs. But something smells fishy. And it’s overpowering the salmon I had for dinner. I’m calling shenanigans. How ’bout you…?
White House reacts to Clintons’ comments – [Yahoo/AP]
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