For the past week, I've noticed the term 'due-processs'....getting mentioned a good bit. So to four facts:
1. Does due-process have to be accomplished by a judge?
NO. Some people probably believe this....but you can't find too many rules that say this in plain-simple language.
2. Can due-process be accomplished strictly by a lawyer?
Well....no....in fact, you don't even need a four-year degree....to be a due-process official. You could just as well designate some Army Captain, or supervisor of a border-control station with due-process authority. You will find in various European countries that deportation due-process rests with a border-control 'boss' (not a judge).
3. Are we taking due-process too far?
Well....eventually your 13-year old kid (Marvin) will get into school trouble, and Marvin facing disciplinary woes....will demand due-process...over and over....saying that merely a teacher issuing an order is not enough, and even a principal is not capable.
4. Won't Trump eventually react and say no federal judge has the capacity to issue a ruling on due-process?
Well...yeah, it's conceivable. Maybe our whole democracy now rests on everyone getting a minimum of five due-processes....for everything we might stand accused of.
“The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the lawyers.” Dick the Butcher in Act IV, Scene II of William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part II,
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