You might say we are "disinclined to acquiesce to their request."

+1 for the fitting Josey Wales reference!

I agree. Nothing was done wrong and the only guilty parties are the DA and the judge.

The governor should not be sacrificing himself to serve in her place and should not be sacrificing taxpayer money to fund it. Even this "amelioration" is objectionable.

I just read this afteroon that the governor is willing to pay her fine and serve in her place. The mayor is adjusting local ordinance to ensure this doesn't happen again.

The judge need be removed from the bench, horsewhipped, tarred and feathered.

The Bill of Rights ensures nothing like this should happen in the US. How far we've fallen.

We the little people must patiently "endeavor to persevere" as the old Indian in "The Outlaw Josey Wales" said he and some other tribal chiefs were told to do by our government.
For a while they mulled over that phrase, "endeavor to persevere."
Then they declared war.

YEA!

I just read the headlines of how Bloomberg is trying to spin this. No mention at all that the reason its being dropped is prosecutorial misconduct of the highest order - and that politically motivated...

Coming home to the PC of His Excellency Dino Philosoraptor Allosaurus III Esquire BS, me heard on the radio she HAS BEEN released.
I cheered inside me car one second later.
Previously heard today that the bogus case against Flynn has been dropped. That made me dino happy too.

Agreed. Unfortunately, it takes a rigor of thought which has been systemically repressed in our nation. I do have to give her props for being honest and I think that if given the opportunity, she could develop a very sound philosophical regimen.

If she had made a more philoshophically sound rejection of the judge, maybe she could have been invited to move her business to the Gulch.

Update: Texas' Lt. Governor offered to take her place and Governor Abbott ordered her released, clarifying that jail sentences were completely uncalled for.

He's a lifelong Democrat elected in Dallas County. That county voted 61% for Hitlery in '16, voted for Otraitor in '08 and '12. Dallas County is only 32% white according to this site: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/n....

"The judge is another racist." I was thinking the same thing. I'm also thinking he is an "affirmative action" judge where judicial competence is less relevant than having the "right" people on the bench, like a Supreme Court judge. I kept these thoughts to myself initially because a left wing statist of any color would do the same as he did, but now that the subject is out it could very well be an additional factor.

I'm guessing elected for him may not mean a thing. His blackness may be in his favor if he is in a district that has a large non-white population and a large enough white population that feels the need to prove they're not racist by voting for a black judge.

At least, he is elected. Most judges are appointed and even less accountable.

Also heard last night he has to run for reelection. Dearly hope this is his last term ever. Forever ever!

I would like to say "I don't think of you" like Howard Roark, but my heart burns with righteous anger against judges like that.

Saw that last night on Fox News. Libtarded judge was showing disrespect while demanding the respect of a groveling apology.
Hate that lady is in jail but I'm glad she refused to grovel of that comtemptuous commie cur.

I see bits and pieces of many of the Atlas Shrugged characters in myself, particularly right now, including perhaps a bit too much Dagny Taggart.

Good question. Let's see...

The airlines are in a shambles.
The railroads are still running - passenger barely - freight is doing well, for now.
The economy hasn't completely collapsed, yet, in spite of failing small businesses and rising unemployment.
Government edicts are at an all time high permeating every facet of our lives.
Winners and losers are decided by political "pull" rather than what's left of the free market.
Medical facilities, including some hospitals, are failing because non C-19 ailments are not being addressed (by edict, of course).
Oddly, fuel prices are down. I suspect THAT won't last.

I'm sure much more could be added to this list.

To be honest, I can't pinpoint a particular page. We are on many pages in parallel. Will reopening plans turn back or get us off a few pages? Getting a fire back under the economy may happen, but I'm not so sure about government giving up it's new found power. It may opt to not play that card when this crisis passes, but it will always keep the card up it's sleeve for the next game.

The tinpot dictator chapter.
I guess that would be just about the time when Eddie talked to the bum on Sept 2.
This kind of corrupt rubbish has been going on since humans became sentient, and occurs every time people are trusted with power over others.
The judge is another racist. I have been before a similar judge who wasn't interested in facts, only that I was white and the judge and the other party were black.
I have no use for racial bias in any judge. I think a computer search of cases and decisions would be revealing of racial and/or gender bias in many judges at multiple levels including the Supreme Court.

On what page of Atlas Shrugged are we now?

Just to add to my above opinion. I watched an interview with the Texas AG this morning and he thinks this whole thing is absurd. He also wrote a letter (personal, not official - which any citizen can do) to the judge suggesting the ruling is out of line with the spirit of the law, to which the judge replied with an admonition suggesting the AG is somehow obstructing justice - underscoring this judge's incompetence. The AG also pointed out the prisons in that county were ordered to let out felons "for their health safety" and this woman is considered such a risk, she is imprisoned in the same jail the felons were released from. I don't know how true this is, but a witness told the news the judge was overheard saying "if she gets C-19 it would teach her a lesson".

To be clear according to the AG she is NOT in jail for violating a dubious government edict, she is in jail for "contempt of court", which according to the videos I've seen and all I've read about her attitude in court, she never committed an act that can be interpreted as "contempt" other than pleading her case and not committing an act of fealty to his royal eminence (she didn't properly genuflect and kiss his ass and say she was sorry when he wanted her to).

This entire scenario turns my stomach and looks like just another nail pounded into the coffin of our dying Republic. Consider: 1) A government bureaucrat (elected or otherwise) can issue a clearly unconstitutional edict NOT passed by ANY legislature. 2) Law enforcement is brought into play to enforce the edict and arrest any citizen in violation. 3) When the citizen is in court, since no actual law has been broken the court plays the "contempt" card and jails the citizen. This step is very important because this type of governance must avoid any constitutional court battles questioning its edicts - slap the citizen by some other means before it gets that far.

The judge, by example, is illustrating how a statist scenario can be pulled off in a supposedly free country. The government reaction to this C-19 crisis is providing thousands of such examples.

As you observe, jbrenner, too bad she couldn't have pulled off a Hank Rearden or Howard Roark court scene. This judge as a personal vendetta probably would have her in solitary confinement after something like that.

I have always had contempt for lawyer locusts (except patent attorneys) and for judges. This just adds to it. Has anyone heard from Judge Narragansett lately?