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snooggums , (edited ) in A teen was falling asleep during a courtroom field trip. She ended up in cuffs and jail clothes
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Judge Aliyah Sabree, who has the No. 2 leadership post at the court, released a statement Wednesday night, saying King’s conduct “does not reflect the standards we uphold at 36th District Court.”

If someone does a thing and isn’t stopped or reprimanded then their actions do reflect the standards because those things happened. If your court lets a judge treat a child like a criminal for falling asleep, that is who you are as a court.

Fuck anyone who says “this isn’t who we are” and doesn’t actually do anything to prove that is the case.

Frozyre ,

I know right?

It's just PR to protect themselves, not about actually doing fuck all about what just transpired. Many people like this show such cowardice to make a difference.

JigglySackles ,

I want to say that the issue in this case with stopping him is that the other judge wasn’t present to alter it. But then you are still right because presumably that other judge is never there to stop this kind of thing.

Dasus ,
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As if it’s just “one bad apple” and if someone else had been there this person would’ve been reprimanded for this arbitrary scared straight bullshit.

Nah, even if there had been a second judge and they had been there and thought it crazy, they probably still would’ve defended their judge friend’s decision.

You know, like cops do.

chiliedogg ,

Michigan district Court judges are elected. You can’t just fire an elected official. His term ends January 1, 2027.

snooggums ,
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So funny story, even elected officials generally have recalls or other methods to reign them in when they are completely out of line.

This judge has been removed from the docket and will undergo training due to this incident. He wasn’t removed from office, but he can’t do any more damage until he goes through the training.

chiliedogg ,

Fortunately this particular judicial position does require the officeholder to be a licensed attorney in good standing and answerable to the bar, which gives extra disciplinary and training options.

Amazingly, most judges do not have that requirement. In fact, even SCOTUS justices don’t have to be attorneys. They all are, but there’s not actually a requirement for it.

BombOmOm , in Harris to call for federal ban on price-gouging in Friday speech
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How does one define price gouging? I ask because price caps often result in shortages.

jeffw OP ,
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Plenty of people got slapped with crimes during the pandemic for hoarding resources and charging insane prices. We never had price caps on toilet paper or hand sanitizer but we still punished bad actors

bamboo ,

Any references? Curious how they would do this with current law

jeffw OP ,
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dmtalon , in FTC finalizes rule banning fake reviews, including those made with AI

But, will they enforce it?

WanderingVentra ,

Only if they keep the same person they have now. So not if Trump wins probably.

Got_Bent ,

They’re an agency, so no.

I’m still waiting for the tax lawyers to figure out that this will apply to the IRS as well. I’ve seen a couple rumblings about it on attorney websites already.

haunte , in A teen was falling asleep during a courtroom field trip. She ended up in cuffs and jail clothes

King told WXYZ that he spoke to the girl’s parents and offered to be a mentor.

This guy is a psychopath. He just traumatized this girl and now he wants to have influence in her life? Yikes. It sounds like he wants to finish the job of making her life hell.

einlander ,

Sounds like grooming to me.

Etterra ,

How about instead he issues them a check. Restitution is an order here.

JigglySackles ,

I don’t think money fixes this, but it would at least be symbolic restitution.

Lemming6969 ,

100k for a college fund definitely fixes this. Also he should lose his position.

rami ,

is that even enough for 3 years at a public university nowadays

jaemo ,

Yep, that’s a do not pass go, do not collect 200$, just all the way to fuck right off and here’s a smack to the jaw as a tip for your stellar service.

fubarx , in Gov. Tim Walz agrees to VP debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1

Wouldn’t it be great if the fly shows up: “Heyyyy, been waiting!”

RagingRobot ,

Oh I forgot the fly that was crazy lol.

Kind of like a more gross version of when that bird landed on Bernie

vanderbilt , in Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads
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Hopefully the DoJ case against Google includes getting bent over a barrel for abusing their position as a market maker to force their revenue model.

TenderfootGungi , in What a "no taxes on tips" policy could mean for U.S. tipping culture

It would reinforce it. Instead, do what several countries have done, and make tipping mostly non-existent.

shalafi , in Gov. Tim Walz agrees to VP debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1

Heysus. After watching the whole Biden/Trump debacle, and hurting like hell, I’m all in for this one. Even more so for the Harris/Trump debate. Not going to miss a single word those nights. Pay. Back. Time.

rusticus , in MAGA election official immediately spews conspiracies after conviction

No remorse. Throw away the key your honor.

Zaktor , in Columbia University president resigns after Gaza protests turmoil

Good riddance and should have been sooner. Not only did she personally order violence against her students and staff, resulting in a no-confidence vote from her faculty, but her heavy-handed response to the early low-key protest is what kicked off the more forceful campus protests across the country. It’s amazing that such a failure lasted as long as she did. The other resignees were pushed out after mistakenly treating a political witch hunt by actual antisemites like a good faith discussion, this lady actually massively failed at her job and is personally responsible for the “period of turmoil” at both her campus and across the country.

She could have just let students camp on the lawn with their signs until they got tired of it.

expatriado , in Vance agrees that raising grandchildren is ‘whole purpose of postmenopausal female’

this shouldn’t be ok with more than %4 of the population, but here we are, with %40+ thinking it just fine

Silverseren , in Vance agrees that raising grandchildren is ‘whole purpose of postmenopausal female’

Goddamn, he's such a creepy weirdo.

hate2bme , in "Double haters" who loathed Trump and Biden actually seem to like Kamala Harris, poll suggests

Not me, but I do like Walz. Wish he was running for president.

recklessengagement , in The big question touching a nerve this election: "Can my husband find out who I am voting for?"

As someone who’s worked multiple elections, your ballot is never tied to your name/ID. Even if someone broke into the box and stole the ballots, there’s no way to know whos is who.

When ballots are audited/recounted, its based on things like the number of ballots vs the number of recorded voters, the signature of the precinct officer, and the qualities of the ballot itself. No identifying informationm.

Dkarma ,

This is not even remotely true for mail in ballots. They are returned in an envelope that has your name, address and signature on it.

andrewta ,

Honest question : on mail in ballots even though you name is on the envelope, doesn’t the envelope get separated from the ballot? So there is no real way to know who voted for whom? @recklessengagement

tigeruppercut ,

My state mail in procedure is to send your ballot in an envelope without identifying info, and that envelope goes inside a larger envelope so they can verify you. I assume they separate it for counting later

joenforcer ,

I have worked elections too. Can confirm. The ballot is separated from identifying info once validated.

recklessengagement ,

True, but once they are recieved, they’re seperated from the identifying information. It’s not stored in a database somewhere.

The only time I’d argue this isn’t the case would be for provisional ballots, where they often will send you a letter after it gets processed.

Sir_packsalot2 , in Vance agrees that raising grandchildren is ‘whole purpose of postmenopausal female’

If you don’t like women you’re gay

ICastFist ,
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It’s only gay if the balls touch and you forget “no homo”

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