But I urge the committee to consider a couple of deeper, less obvious consequences, not just of passing a bill like this, but of even bringing it up for consideration. The first is that a bill like this undermines respect for the very rule of law itself. After all, if the legislature isn’t going to respect the limits placed on it by the NH Constitution, then why should individuals respect the limits placed on them by that legislature — whether regarding guns, or schools, or traffic laws, or anything else? If we’re going to disregard the big rules, why pay any attention to the smaller ones?
…then why should we, regular citizens, learn from our “betters” and ignore it as well? We are all supposed to be equal before the law – and that should apply to those “behind it” as well. So when a judge [equivalent] publicly flaunts the law, what does that tell the rest of us? That the beginning of Tyranny is at hand? For if laws are not equally applied, then we have Animal Farm – some more equal than others. And when law breakers are deemed more “valuable” than the Law, then what should our response be?
A court officer with the powers of a judge in Oregon who federal officials claim helped an illegal alien drunk driver escape being detained by immigration officials has been identified.
On Monday, Breitbart News reported that a “judicial referee” at Portland’s Multnomah County Courthouse was accused of interfering with the apprehension of an illegal alien who had appeared in her court on a drunk driving charge. That court officer has now been identified as Judge Monica Heeranz. It is now being reported that Heeranz allowed 22-year-old Diddier Pacheco Salazar escape the custody of immigration officials after his case in her court was concluded.
According to U.S. Attorney Billy Williams, Heeranz helped Salazar escape ICE officers by allowing him to escape out of a door usually reserved for use by court officers and employees. The incident occurred on January 27, just after President Trump issued his Execute Order to build a wall on the southern border with Mexico. Herranz has the powers of a judge and hears small claims cases, traffic violations, and other low-end cases . She is also on the board of the Oregon Hispanic Bar Association.
Well, which way will THAT organization go? Will it go all SJW and yell “You go, girl!”? Or will they realize that they are about to be launched into a PR morass? After all, the “Bar” is made up of “officers of the Court”, sworn to uphold the Law. Which side of the legal line will they fall, you think?
It appears that Salazar’s court-appointed attorney had a hint that something was up. “I prepped my client. I said, ‘I don’t know if they’re going to pick you up outside or what, but here’s how to prepare,’ ” attorney John Schlosser told a local newspaper. “After the court appearance, I went out in the hallway and sat. My client never came out. I can’t say that I’m surprised he didn’t come out, but I gave him his options, and assume he had to have been escorted out some other way.”
U.S. Attorney Williams said it was troubling that a person with the powers of a judge would help a criminal escape the law. “When you’re talking about the judicial system — whether it’s federal or by state — you have an expectation that people are going to abide by the law and not take steps based on their own motivations, their own politics – whatever the motivation was.”
(H/T: Big Government)