tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post8966898328879191239..comments2024-02-19T07:24:42.397-08:00Comments on Anglican Curmudgeon: Wait: the Dept. of Justice Is Supposed to Do Justice??A. S. Haleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05108498446058643166noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-62310770165823090692016-05-30T12:45:37.170-07:002016-05-30T12:45:37.170-07:00I read a very informative article about the option...I read a very informative article about the options Judge Hanen had in addressing the Justice Department's wrong-doing. "Hanen clearly has the power to hold government lawyers who lied to him in contempt of court", but he has not chosen to do so. As we see often from Congress, it appears that Hanen also chose not to make use of the tools he has to rebuke the Administration. A shame.<br /><br />http://www.nationalreview.com/article/435997/judge-andrew-hanen-obama-justice-department-immigration-dapa-dacaLJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14259338463561745614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-4498907598532514182016-05-24T17:31:47.876-07:002016-05-24T17:31:47.876-07:00I have the strong impression that no one has stand...I have the strong impression that no one has standing to discipline the Justice Department properly.<br /><br />From my other readings about Judge Hanen's penalty, I understand that he may be exceeding the limits of his power in issuing this minor penalty (ethics training). Does he not have the ability to impose more severe punishment upon the miscreants? <br /><br />I was excited when the good judge originally put a hold on Obama's illegal executive importation of aliens. But now -- as it has been with so many small victories over the last 8 years or so -- any such excitement has been doubly reversed as the bureaucrats, politicians, and press ignore the rules and continue to enact their hard-left projects with impunity. And what ever happened to the IRS's Lois Lerner, who clearly deserves to be tried for her actions against political groups opposing those in power? Are we all going insane? Does this insanity explain the success of Bernie and Donald?<br /><br />The weird helpless feeling I have just described is not unfamiliar to me. I had a similar sense of surrealism when my Episcopal diocese abandoned the clear meaning of the Bible. And I feel it every time I see the popular celebration of a man pretending to be a woman.<br /><br />This sensation can be oppressive, but my reading of Old Testament reminds me that this is nothing new. To the contrary, we are just moving back toward the old ways. And we live in a time and place where a large proportion of our countrymen still believe. We don't live in Gomorrah and I am grateful. <br /> <br />I hold out hope for our country. I know from the Bible that God is at work, and I will strive to be joyful in doing what I can to further His purpose. Perhaps we can even re-establish reasonable rules to give the people standing to shut down illegal government activity. I have been reading about some good ideas for constitutional amendments. If all else fails, God always has standing.LJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14259338463561745614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-31406015914443038842016-05-22T19:34:01.056-07:002016-05-22T19:34:01.056-07:00The judge has judged wisely, informing the public ...The judge has judged wisely, informing the public of the depth of corruption that has infected the DoJ and at the same time distributing justice to the miscreants. Bravo.<br />Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-2508215044470030422016-05-22T07:45:20.874-07:002016-05-22T07:45:20.874-07:00The practice of the Common Law by which the Prince...The practice of the Common Law by which the Prince is held to the same account and standard of process and evidence as the Pauper seems to have been thrown out the widely opened window of a high-speed train. Common Law and Natural Law are not so strangely un-common and un-natural in these days.<br /> So, when they rear their ancient heads, during these times, it is truly a "Man Bites Dog" story.<br /><br /> As many readers and followers of the Anglican Curmudgeon know, this reader / follower lives both in Mexico and on the Texas frontier with Mexico. El Gringo Viejo is one of those who agrees with every step and measure made by this very brave Magistrate. <br /> This area is besieged by an invasion or inundation, of people exceeded only during the latter half of the Mexican Revolution or 1910 or the Cristeros' War of the1920s. Still in all, that period of demographic inundation into Texas was composed of people who understood that they were borrowing time to rest and compose, and that they were neither wanted nor un-wanted.<br /> Those particular people took quite a bit, but primarily only of that which was offered. That particular people adapted in large part over the years into a form of Texan (and American) identifiable with the whole;English, industry, thrift, cleanliness, etc.<br /> I would rate them, as did my parents,an A- in that aspect of applied anthropology.<br /> What we are receiving now cannot be given that grade. Their grade would be something like an "attendance trophy". And a large minority of those would not even receive that. Frequently they do not return to pick up their attendance trophy. They skip the hearing before an administration law judge from the Department of Homeland Security. <br /> With the catch and release policies in place now, almost all the Central Americans are given a "report date" six to eighteen months in the future; of course, 85 - 90 per cent never show up).<br /> During the 1930s throughs the 1960s the level of criminal activity among the Latin cohort of the population in Texas almost alway was within a percentage point or two of the "Anglo" cohort. (Truth be told, so was the percentage comparison with those of Black African ancestry. Both statistics were almost identical in terms of babies with only a Stork for a father. <br /> Cutting to the chase, as it is said, the law, when possible, must be interpreted and used to protect the those citizens and those legally present in the Republic who are not citizens, from the actions of people whose intent it is to steal, extort, and disturb the peace in various and sundry manners. People who do not practice citizenship and who are not citizens are not qualified for anything beyond "stop the bleeding" medical services, freedom from gratuitous torture, and a speedy deportation AFTER paying to the extent possible for any and all impositions delivered upon the locale and / or appropriate jurisdiction.<br /><br /> The "Justice Department" was obviously playing the bureaucratic game of "slow walking" against a Judge whom they considered to be beneath them, both ethically and intellectually (as is the way of all those left-of-centre),<br /> Their problem now is to see if somehow the little personalities who were directly and indirectly involved in this "slow walk" legal tactics, up to and including Father Obamaham and Loretta Lynch, might be advised to look up and see if there Sword of Damocles might be swinging over their heads and souls.<br /> <br /><br />A vote "up" for Judge Andrew Hanen, a noble gentleman worthy of all men/women to be received. And, of course, a vote ''up" for Mr. Haley and the Anglican Curmudgeon for what has become an increasing heroic act....that of defending the Common Law and the concept of Natural Law, and the traditions that strengthen noble cultures.David Christian Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486433908063462273noreply@blogger.com