Posted on 10/15/2014 7:22:07 PM PDT by jazusamo
Illegal immigrants have the same constitutional right to bail that U.S. citizens do, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in a decision striking down an Arizona statute designed to make sure criminals without any community ties didn’t flee in the face of a looming trial.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 9-2 decision, ruled that Arizona’s voters, who passed the statute in a 2006 referendum, were actually trying to punish illegal immigrants rather than trying to reduce the risk of flight by those charged with serious felonies. The judges said bail isn’t allowed to be used as punishment, since the accused is innocent until proven guilty.
“Intentionally meting out pretrial punishment for charged but unproven crimes, or the nonexistent crime of being ‘in this country illegally,’ is without question, a violation of due process principles,” Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen wrote in a concurring opinion.
The case marks the latest time that the 9th Circuit, which covers most of the western U.S., has struck down one of Arizona’s get-tough immigration laws.
An earlier three-judge panel of the same court had upheld Arizona’s law, but Wednesday’s ruling supersedes that.
Immigrant rights advocates said the ruling shows that constitutional rights apply to everyone, regardless of their status.
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“Absolutely, anyone with an ounce of common sense knows this ruling by the 9th circus is an abomination.”
If true why won’t the House Republicans do their job and vote articles of impeachment on these judges?
The judge can give bail and ask them to turn their passports. :)
Seriously it is the judges discretion how much bail to request. I would imagine that an illegal would have trouble getting a bond.
The ones who recognize American sovereignty. ..
Eregal M uhgrantz should not be bailed.
They are absolutely flight risks and have no permanent address, in the U.S.
Judge Nguyen's father was a major in the South Vietnamese Army who worked closely with the US military and the CIA. He escaped South Vietnam with his family in 1975. Presumably the alternative was choosing to stay behind and being executed by the Communists. I take it you're on the side of the Communists on this one?
Fine. Bail is set for $686 Trillion.
No, I am not. Why is she? I guess she learned nothing from his experience.
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