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- Editorial: Let’s slow down on a new courthouse. [RJ]
- Victim’s family upset after ICE picks up defendant in Las Vegas crash before sentencing. [RJ]
- YouTubers says he’s innocent as new evidence emerges. [8NewsNow]
- Dissension among Las Vegas Realtors could alter landscape for buyers and sellers. [Nevada Current]
- Attorneys still have time before RJ’s 2025 judicial evaluation closes. [RJ]
Something I have learned over the last few years: No matter how bad the evidence looks, no matter how guilty you clearly are, just keep shouting you are innocent and it might work.
Sin City Manny is calling plays from a winning playbook.
“Victim’s family upset after ICE picks up defendant in Las Vegas crash before sentencing.” The blame lies solely with the city for making it a safe haven for illegal aliens to thrive in.
I don’t practice criminal law, but I have to wonder the extent to which Metro and other police forces are or will begin having difficulty prosecuting some crimes due to the fact that our courthouses have become venues for seizing prospective deportees. No victim or witness in their right mind would show up to testify in court against a criminal suspect if they are facing the threat of airlift to a foreign country.
So is ICE trying to manufacture a criminal underworld where ordinary people are obligated to pay non-state actors for “protection” because their access to the justice system is effectively denied? I thought ICE got a budget larger than the Russian military in order to combat gangs, not foster them. In the meantime, if anyone is planning on being the victim of a crime, probably best to make sure that anyone who witnesses the crime and can identify your assailant isn’t a migrant because if so, you might be out of luck in your pursuit of justice.
This red herring nonsense isnt worth the time to have typed it up. Nowhere does it say that he was arrested in the RJC. He was not even in custody. He was an illegal (criminal) alien that committed a horrific crime.
Deportation is ripe and reasonable.
The rest of your bullshit can wither on the vine of illogic and whine.
With such frothy vitriol as this supporting their position, one wonders if the so-called law-and-order crowd even realize that these draconian immigration policies will drive an entire class of people entirely into the criminal underworld, thus creating more crime for society to deal with. Unless, of course, they subscribe to the good ol’ Orwellian maxim, “the war is not meant to be won, the war is meant to be continued.” There was plenty of law and order in 1984 after all. It just sucked.
Nonsense.
They are already criminals. . . .
Indicated immigrants are not “illegal.” And being undocumented isn’t “criminal.” It’s a civil offense, similar to a parking ticket. There are an awful lot of non attorneys—Veterans in Politics, paralegals, etc.—posting here. You’d have known the above if you’d gone to law school.
To add to what 4:50 said, there are any awful lot of undocumented people that, even though they may have crossed illegally, are still legal immigrants. We just don’t know whether they are until they’ve had due process and had any asylum claims adjudicated.
Only a fraction of the illegals that are here have pending asylum claims.
“the illegals” LOL
Out of 3.4 million cases currently in immigration court, 2.2 million have asylum claims pending.
So, while 2/3 is indeed “a fraction,” I suspect it wasn’t the fraction that Fox News has taught you to believe.
Its amusing that there are allegedly 3.4M cases pending in immigration court and there are tens of millions of “illegals” in the country illegally.
With somewhere between 10-20M new “illegals” since 2021.
“Literally.”
Crossing the border illegally is a criminal offense. What are you, fucking new?
They ARE illegal because they are HERE illegally, in direct violation of our laws.
And I went to law school in the 90s, when it was actually hard.
Maybe you should consider going back to law school.
Whatever for? Boredom?
Crossing the border outside a port of entry is like crossing the gore on the highway. It’s forbidden, but legally excused in certain circumstances. For the gore, those circumstances include emergencies or to avoid conflict with other traffic. For the border, it’s an asylum claim (which requires your physical presence in the US to begin with). If the asylum claim is upheld, you are a legal immigrant, regardless of how you got here.
Even then, being present in the US without documentation is a civil offense, not a criminal one. Crossing outside a port of entry may be a criminal offense, but legally entering and overstaying a visa is not.
8:12 no, it’s not a criminal offense. Do you understand the difference between a criminal offense and a civil offense?
Cry harder sis.
Break out those handy internet and legal research skills and take a gander at 8 USC 1325 and 1326.
Criminal, hence ILLEGAL.
F-tard.
11:01 oh dear, ‘illegal’ conduct includes both civil offenses and criminal offenses. Crossing the border illegally is a civil offense; thus it’s not “criminal,” not a crime. Now do you understand? If you are indeed an attorney (which I sincerely doubt) I bet you had a lot of trouble with those LSAT logic puzzles,
How about policy change so the millions of immigrants who came here for a better life have a pathway to become permanent residents instead of working under the table and living in the shadows?
In the vein of reasonability,
OK. I have 3 conditions.
So long as they are (1) banned from all public assistance (state and federal) and; (2) from sending funds back from whence they came and (3) not counted for purposes of the US census.
Better life achieved. I am in.
Prior to enactment of the Fourteenth Amendment, American slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person for purposes of the Census. Are you suggesting that these “illegals” are somehow to be counted as less than slaves for census purposes? Perhaps this is the upshot of the administration’s suggestion that certain undocumented farmworkers could stay if their employer “vouches” for them.
There’s an easier policy change that would solve these immigration issues: instead of combating the supply side, which involves policing thousands of miles of land and sea borders, focus on the demand side. The businesses raided by ICE are owned by identifiable individuals who file taxes and have assets. Put the owners in jail and liquidate their businesses through forfeiture proceedings. These owners are more culpable as they had a choice between using documented and undocumented labor and made a business decision to break the law. And instead of being a drag on public resources, liquidation of business assets would defray enforcement costs or even generate net income for the government and eliminates the demand for illegal labor. It’s also a lot easier and less resource intensive than tracking down the alleged millions of undocumented individuals who don’t want to be found.
TL:DR
You might want to do some historical research on the 3/5ths compromise. Both as it relates to voting rights and the census.
4:50 why worry about facts when so many stupid people are persuaded by spewed nonsense
10:30 I don’t know whether or not he was arrested at the RJC but it doesn’t take a rocket surgeon to figure out that the comment was speaking to this issue generally. But I bet you’re really proud of that last line which you think is really clever. If the lawyer thing doesn’t work out for you, maybe you can try your hand at poetry.
Cry harder sis. Why worry about facts? Read the article, where it was stated expressly that he was NOT in custody, not present at his hearing.
Hi Michelle! Is “cry harder sis” your tagline that’s part of your personal brand?
Not sure who Michelle is. But, “Cry harder, sis” is one of my many taglines.
11:38 my mistake, I assumed the person using “cry harder sis” to be Michelle Fiore based on previous comments on previous posts. 😘
You understand that “the city” does not enforce immigration, which is handled solely be the feds, correct? I certainly hope you are not an actual attorney.
There’s no way this guy is an actual attorney. I suspect a Veterans in Politics type, maybe a sovereign citizen.
11:14 or maybe Michelle Fiore who we know trolls this blog
How do we KNOW that she trolls this blog?
Because she commented on posts about her
To the judge who just granted “summary judgment without prejudice”, .
Chef’s Kiss!
Well that’s … something.
Sounds like res judicaca.
I had Judge Bare do that once many years ago – makes no sense and is incongruent with what summary judgment (i.e. judgment) actually is. A judge would never enter judgment after a trial “without prejudice.”
Allf did that with partial summary judgment. I sure wish she was on the RJ survey. I know the survey is aimed at helping voters, but if it is also intended to try to shine a light on who does a good job on the bench and who does not, then the senior visiting whatever judges should have been on there too. They should not get a pass.
Ah yes, considering all evidence you win 100% as a matter of law, but plaintiff feel free to change the allegations. That just might do the trick. BTW, discovery is closed. Welp, see everybody at the pretrial hearing.
Had a judge do this and then reopen discovery (without a motion) but had discovery close again before the responsive pleadings were due to the Amended Complaint.
This assertion that Clark County needs 18 more District Court departments and a new courthouse just shouldn’t be taken seriously. It really should motivate the County and the legislature to do a little digging.
Does the Court have a problem moving cases along? Sure. But adding 18 new departments and building a new courthouse isn’t the solution. How about first asking the judges that are already in place to actually do their jobs? Give the community that pays their salaries an acceptable level of value. The abject lack of effort at the RJC needs to be exposed. The judges genuinely believe they’re untouchable; and for the most part they are. That needs to be first exposed and then changed.
Or, how about some of these firms stop taking every case that comes in the door. That will help the caseload.
This is an imbecilic take.
The concept of the “frivolous lawsuit” is mostly a hoax.
So you’re saying that the Court’s productivity is just fine and that the real issue is that lawyers are simply filing too many cases. Seriously? You maybe want to rethink that position, Sparky?
The 8th had 35,769 civil cases last year. You guys seriously think that 50 or so departments can handle 35,759 cases a year? And you guys think its the judges fault?
I do think we need more judges. That said, I also think that judges need to kick the stupid cases more often. It’s unreal how many times they’ll let plaintiffs amend or find ridiculous reasons to deny MTDs and MSJs on the truly frivolous cases, knowing defendants will settle 95% of them. So those 95% of cases the judge knows they won’t get overturned because it’ll never get to a trial.
There’s a reason plaintiffs firms take the cases 11:02 is talking about. Because they know judges won’t dismiss them and defendants eventually will throw a little money at it to make it go away.
The title shows how I carry my love stick.
Your inflated ego wishes it were true
Every man wishes it were true.
Why is this worthy of comment?
does every man?
We need a new penile code.
groaning from here
What I don’t understand is men think this is what women want.
In your purse is just fine, and more discreet. They even make ones they look like tubes of lipstick these days, and the lithium battery life is fantastic.
Who is worse, attorneys or realtors?
Realtors.
OMG. Realtors are bottom feeders.
Followed by mattress salesmen. I’m glad we are at least 3rd down the list.
Realtors are one of the few professions worse than attorney. Only time-share sales, telemarketer, and and pay-day loan lender are lower.
Realtors: “Don’t worry, you don’t need an attorney to review the contract, I’ve already reviewed it, and as your agent I’m telling you that you can sign it.”
That pretty much sums up most Realtors I know. However, it’s also the same for every venue that sells tickets, every valet company, every attorney having their client’s sign their 5-8 page retainer agreement, and just about every transaction between a business and a consumer. The difference is, Realtors actually believe it, whereas everyone else just doesn’t want the person to read the fine print.
To be fair, the RPA with GLVAR isn’t complicated.
If you’re smart enough to afford to buy a house, you’re smart enough to review a NVAR form.
100 percent realtors
Ozzy Osbourne just died. Sadly, does not appear to be a hoax.
Not a hoax. It was publicized that he and Sharon had a suicide pact. She would not be eligible for Switzerland or Belgium but he was.
The day after Malcom Jamal Warner.
Are you suggesting the Clinton’s had something to do with this as a threat to anyone else on the Epstein list?
Watching sentencing of killer of 4 college kids. Heartbreaking. Even evil piece shot BTK cried at sentencing but this scum Kohberger sits silent.