Was the migrant appearing before her? Was there a prior judicial ruling on the particular migrant's case? How did this judge become aware of the migrant's existence? Is she informally enforcing a prior ruling or has she appointed herself as an ad hoc political "resister" even absent having either formal jurisdiction or at least a juridic…
Was the migrant appearing before her? Was there a prior judicial ruling on the particular migrant's case? How did this judge become aware of the migrant's existence? Is she informally enforcing a prior ruling or has she appointed herself as an ad hoc political "resister" even absent having either formal jurisdiction or at least a juridical predicate?
It sounds as if she may have violated the law or at least judicial ethics by obstructing the feds. Whether that justified deliberately making her tabloid fodder the way Rudy Giuliani used to operate is a different question.
If it is true that there was no arrest warrant and she protected the person being (illegally) arrested (as I understand; in her courtroom), then she would not have violated the law. But I am not sure if this would be true in the US.
Was the migrant appearing before her? Was there a prior judicial ruling on the particular migrant's case? How did this judge become aware of the migrant's existence? Is she informally enforcing a prior ruling or has she appointed herself as an ad hoc political "resister" even absent having either formal jurisdiction or at least a juridical predicate?
It sounds as if she may have violated the law or at least judicial ethics by obstructing the feds. Whether that justified deliberately making her tabloid fodder the way Rudy Giuliani used to operate is a different question.
If it is true that there was no arrest warrant and she protected the person being (illegally) arrested (as I understand; in her courtroom), then she would not have violated the law. But I am not sure if this would be true in the US.