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Canada Judge Who Wore Trump Hat To Court Faces Disciplinary Hearing
theguardian.com ^ | 21 April 2017

Posted on 04/21/2017 2:33:35 AM PDT by Helicondelta

A Canadian judge who wore a Donald Trump campaign hat into court after the US election is facing a disciplinary hearing and possible removal from the bench after his actions triggered an unprecedented number of formal complaints.

In November, the Ontario court justice Bernd Zabel entered his courtroom in Hamilton, Ontario, clad in black robes and a red “Make America Great Again” baseball cap. He reportedly told those in court that the hat was meant to mark an “unprecedented” night in the United States and singled himself out as the lone Trump supporter among his colleagues.

Days later, amid public anger sparked by reports of his actions in Canada’s Globe and Mail, Zabel apologised for what he called a “misguided attempt to mark a moment in history”.

But his words of regret did little to stem the torrent of formal complaints being filed against him. In the months since the incident, the Ontario judicial council said it had received 81 complaints – 10 times more than it had received about any other judge in the province.

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1 posted on 04/21/2017 2:33:35 AM PDT by Helicondelta
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To: Helicondelta
No free speech in Canada!!

This is disgusting.

2 posted on 04/21/2017 2:35:38 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau
He made a blatant political statement while entering the court. Unacceptable in a courtroom. Judges are supposed to be apolitical when on the bench.

I supported him when the story first came out, but once I learned this was in a courtroom, well...

3 posted on 04/21/2017 2:49:00 AM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Helicondelta
In Texas, we had a judge do this.


4 posted on 04/21/2017 2:59:02 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Sacajaweau

Canada has converted to Islam. Just listen to The Prime Minister. Sharia will be next.

I suggest two walls.


5 posted on 04/21/2017 3:11:10 AM PDT by Bodega (we are developing less and less common sense...world wide)
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To: Don W
He made a statement about another country.

Apolitical applies to Canadian politics.

In the building is not the same as sitting on the bench.

Still amounts to free speech.

But I'll go back and look for more information and see if I change my opinion.

6 posted on 04/21/2017 3:16:26 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Don W

You do know the controversy is really being provoked by Muslims....and Canada politics has become biased towards muzzies. Typical muzzie activists at work.


7 posted on 04/21/2017 3:21:49 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Helicondelta

Well obviously a judge should not wear a political hat into court, at least by sane standards. They should dress like a judge.


8 posted on 04/21/2017 3:37:55 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Sacajaweau

“Still amounts to free speech.”

I may be wrong but my understanding is Canadians do not a protected right to free speech as we do in America.


9 posted on 04/21/2017 3:52:48 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: SkyPilot
And did Her Honor Pussyhat receive ten times the number of complaints filed against her than any other judge? Probably not, because we don't fight that way.

This is how the left fights; throw sand into the gears so the machine grinds to a halt. File complaint after complaint, target advertisers until they drop objectionable programs, and on and on. Overwhelm until compliance is forced.

10 posted on 04/21/2017 3:59:26 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: billyboy15
Canadians do not a protected right to free speech as we do in America.

Hey!

Canadians are "in America" too.

11 posted on 04/21/2017 4:00:55 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (The fear of stark justice sends hot urine down their thighs.)
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To: Helicondelta

He should be disciplined. We certainly would have wanted one that wore an Obama hat to be.


12 posted on 04/21/2017 4:06:49 AM PDT by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: Drew68

And did Her Honor Pussyhat receive ten times the number of complaints filed against her than any other judge? Probably not, because we don’t fight that way.
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We don’t fight at all. That’s why our schools are infested with domestic enemy, half our political system is dominated by domestic enemy, etc and so on and so forth.

We don’t fight. At all. Ever. It’s beneath or dignity. It would make us just like them. We wallow in our honorable defeats.

And we are very nearly owned in full by those who do fight.

Funny how that’s working, isn’t it?


13 posted on 04/21/2017 4:12:13 AM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Canadians do not a protected right to free speech as we do in America.
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“Hey!

Canadians are “in America” too.”

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Ok, ok how about the “United States of America”?


14 posted on 04/21/2017 4:14:36 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: Grimmy; Jim Robinson

You are so correct.

We need to fight back, push back, complain and have an action section with addresses and links to employers, leaders.

We need lawyers willing to file complaints. We need people to sue and sue and sue.


15 posted on 04/21/2017 4:18:19 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Oh believe me, I know about the muzzie issues here. Shiny Pony Nice Hair (aka Justin) is encouraging and abetting their presence and influence. I honestly worry he may have gone apostate and joined the moon-worshippers.


16 posted on 04/21/2017 4:23:09 AM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Sacajaweau

I free speech it up in Alberta. There’s nobody to stop us. We’re a different breed here. Hell, we taught Texans how to be Texans.

All joking aside, we won’t tolerate the crap. It’s almost right to the boiling point and once we start, we won’t stop til we’ve won.


17 posted on 04/21/2017 4:45:37 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Don W

There’s video of shiny pony converting to Islam.

Be prepared to do what it takes.


18 posted on 04/21/2017 4:47:33 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Bulwyf

There is no “free speech” when liberals are in control.


19 posted on 04/21/2017 5:04:25 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Grimmy
We don’t fight. At all. Ever. It’s beneath our dignity. It would make us just like them. We wallow in our honorable defeats.

I can't disagree. Even when we win, we act like losers.

We should be salting the earth right now. Congress should be working overtime, rolling back decades of entrenched government overreach. Liberals should be sidelined in the corner.

Instead, they're fighting tooth and nail, getting people fired, speeches cancelled, forcing resignations, apologies. President Trump is the only person exercising any leadership while everyone under him are bumbling around like a bunch of spineless cowards.

WE CONTROL EVERYTHING! Yet, nearly 100 days into President Trump's administration, what do we have to show for it? Neil Gorsuch, barely.

20 posted on 04/21/2017 5:09:16 AM PDT by Drew68
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