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And so you can both think that she shouldn't have legally done this and that morally protecting somebody against, maybe not even in this case, but in other cases, frankly, a predatory enforcement agency, sometimes, civil disobedience is necessary."
He continued
That’s not the way we do business in a democratic, in a democratic country. The reality is we sort out Constitutional rights and we don’t allow anyone including the government, including Mr. Patel, including anyone to have more rights than anybody else,
Colón added, referring to FBI Director Kash Patel, who posted a photo of Dugan handcuffed and being escorted to a vehicle by law enforcement
Why should you care?” ... Because if our Constitutional structure continues to fray in the way they are intentionally fraying it, we will not have a working democracy.”
Colón askedThey want to create circumstances and a culture where people are unsettled about their rights, about their duties and about the way we go about our jobs,
Colón continuedI think they’re trying to send a message to chill the judiciary, ... It speaks more I think to the politics and sort of the symbolic gestures of power by people who don’t really appreciate the Constitution, don’t really appreciate the rule of law.”
Wisconsin Appellate Judge Pedro Colón said in a Saturday interview with CNN’s Kyung Lah, addingWhat they are essentially is creating is chaos,
Colón saidI think what they want to do is to essentially have the judiciary not only in Wisconsin but the independent judiciaries of the state … essentially succumb to their power and their policy priorities independent of Constitutional rights and what other rights people have,
he saidIf there is no guidance for us and no support for us, I will refuse to hold court in Branch 2 in Sawyer County. I will not put myself or my staff who may feel compelled to help me or my community in harms way,
Isham wroteYesterday, Judge Hannah Dugan of Milwaukee County stood on her Oath in the very building she swore to uphold it and she was arrested and charged with felonies for it. Enough is enough,
she wrote
I have no intention of allowing anyone to be taken out of my courtroom by ICE and sent to a concentration camp, especially without due process, as BOTH of the constitutions we swore to support requires,
Isham declared
If this costs me my job or gets me arrested, then at least I know I did the right thing,
Isham concluded in her statement
The Trump administration has spent the past month waging an intense assault on judicial independence.
Meanwhile, Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin told MSNBCI no longer feel protected or respected as a Judge in this administration.
Her plea to colleagues was clearIf you are harboring a fugitive, we will come after you and we will prosecute you,
Bondi said in an interview with Fox NewsThe rule of law is very simple, ... It doesn’t matter what line of work you’re in. If you break the law, we will follow the facts and we will prosecute you.”
she said in a video posted on X
The judiciary acts as a check to unchecked executive power. And functioning democracies do not lock up judges,
Democratic state representative Ryan Clancy told the crowd before it marched around the areaSending armed FBI and ICE agents into buildings like this will intimidate individuals showing up to court to pay fines, to deal with whatever court proceedings they may have,
De Torre added
No one is above the law.”
And after the arrest, the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, posted a photo of her in handcuffs on X, adding
Wait, come with me,
As Mr. Flores-Ruiz and his lawyer left the courtroom, Judge Dugan told them ... according to a courtroom deputy who overheard the interactionAll the things that make America great are being attacked,
she said