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Old 06-05-2011, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by skyguy79 View Post
I was once told by a judge (outside of court) that it was his job to protect an individual from this kind of enforcement officer! He used a term a little more tactful than jerk, but his meaning was the same none-the-less!
Not all judges are that way - in fact, from my limited experience in a non-criminal courtroom, the judges are the biggest jerks who love to throw their weight around. I once was sent a fine for not renewing my dog's license in time. I knew that I had sent it in on time so I challenged it in court - just for the principle of the matter. After spending all night long waiting for justice to be done, the judge finally called my case. Before doing so, he noted that his docket was filled with people like myself. It became readily apparent that whomever was in charge of processing the dog licenses sat on the applications until after the deadline and then issued summons for all of us. I had my canceled check with the date that I wrote it as proof that it was written well before the deadline. The judge's response to that was I could have put in any date - which is true, but given a courtroom filled with people all taking their time to "get justice", one would have to think that these people may be telling the truth and the township bureaucrat had screwed up. Not this judge - he believed the absent bureaucrat and found us all guilty. As the old saying goes, you can't fight city hall and it is wasted effort to even try.