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CalTechie-55 t1_ixtk9f9 wrote

That's why we need a First Amendment.

This is the kind of shit that can happen without it.

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randomFrenchDeadbeat t1_ixu280q wrote

Pointing out spelling mistake by posting it on facebook with a picture of the judge .

Which is the very definition of contempt. Glad he got convicted.

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randomFrenchDeadbeat t1_ixu2dke wrote

Except again, first amendment has nothing to do with it.

First amendment means the government cant prevent you from talking. Judges are not part of the government, as justice does not depend on government.

Contempt of court also exists in the US.

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Barkinsons t1_ixv3j9z wrote

It can be expanded to basically anything that interferes with the orderly administration of justice, and this includes upholding the dignity of the courts. The reasoning is that if lawyers would start to make a joke of the whole procedure, the entire process loses its legitimacy.

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YakInner4303 t1_ixvd8dk wrote

In the United States, the judiciary is considered a branch of government coequal with the legislative and executive branches.

Regardless, the courts draw authority from laws. These are required to not infringe on freedom of speech by the US constitution. So a court cannot properly interpret a contempt law in a way that would allow a 'contempt of court' citation to infringe on freedom of speech.

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OldWierdo t1_ixvlknt wrote

Then one ought to hold themselves to a standard above contempt. Some jobs, employees don't get to make mistakes. A judge who can't admit they're wrong after being proven wrong beyond a shadow of a doubt ought to never sit on the bench. If a judge makes a mistake and doesn't catch it while proofreading, Judge ought to be called out. Then they don't make mistakes again. They want a job where they can coast by with mistakes? Okay, find a different line of work.

Pilots also don't get to make mistakes. Submarine captains. Parachute riggers. Bungee jump installers. If any of them make a mistake, call them out.

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shadowrun456 t1_ixvphgt wrote

>You could show a lack of respect to the court by not obeying it. Or you could try to humiliate the judge.

Ok, but how does pointing out the judge's spelling mistake humiliate them? Even if the judge gets humiliated, that's because the judge made a spelling mistake, not because someone said the judge made a spelling mistake.

This article seems to have some parts of the story missing.

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cruiserman_80 t1_ixw8r5t wrote

I was hoping it would be for correcting your instead of you're or their instead of there.

Half of Reddit would be doing time, but the other half would be having a much more pleasent online experience.

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rdhight t1_ixwl1z1 wrote

This man is a hero.

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Jesterok t1_ixx146z wrote

Well, maybe the judge, who is a professional that's held to one of the highest standards, should edit his writings because you know damned well that ANY little mistake a defendant makes gets them railroaded.

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randomFrenchDeadbeat t1_ixyf76u wrote

That is not the issue.

No idea why you talk about "cant admit they're wrong".

Unless you are reacting without having read said article... for someone who holds other to high standards, that would be pretty ironical.

Imaging requiring everyone else to do their utmost, all the time, and then reacting to a news article without reading said article ...

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randomFrenchDeadbeat t1_ixyh40i wrote

The article says it pretty well, and is 5 lines long. What part of it confuses you ?

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>The [facebook] post showed a picture of a judgment that had the word 'injunction' misspelt, with Naidu [the lawyer] adding the applicant wanted to have it correctly spelt.

If said lawyer and the person he represents wanted it corrected, they should have done it through the proper channels.

But they didnt; they just wanted to take a shot at the institution.

Note that it is not the judge that filed anything.

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>The Attorney General had described the post as malicious and inviting others to mock the judiciary.

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ShadowDragon8685 t1_iy08gtu wrote

The authoritarianism flows deep in this one.

This was a bullshit ruling that should be overturned. If a judge does something contemptuous, they should not be above mockery.

The correct response to being called out on a spelling mistake? "Mea culpa, I was tired and didn't spellcheck it. The correct spelling of 'Injunction' is as precedes."

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ShadowDragon8685 t1_iy09w80 wrote

Yes it is. Mocking the court for the court's mistake is very much free speech in the U.S. The government, in the form of the court punishing the mocking party, would very quickly find itself on the wrong side of a ACLU lawsuit for infringing upon free speech.

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shadowrun456 t1_iy10uem wrote

>But they didnt; they just wanted to take a shot at the institution.

Nothing like that is written in the article, that's all your assumptions. Like I've said, this article seems to have some parts of the story missing.

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Antibotics t1_iy1htnl wrote

It does appear to be in the article (somewhat paraphrased and extrapolated):

>The post showed a picture of a judgment that had the word 'injunction' misspelt, with Naidu adding the applicant wanted to have it correctly spelt. ... The Attorney General had described the post as malicious and inviting others to mock the judiciary.

A normal person wouldn't have posted the spelling mistake on Facebook (when a simple note to the judge in private would have sufficed) unless it was to invite comments from the public that were very likely to be embarrassing and disrespectful of the judge.

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randomFrenchDeadbeat t1_iy2opyk wrote

The correct action to signal a mistake when you are a lawyer is to send a private message through proper channels, not post it on facebook.

Doing the latter invites mockery. There is no other point in posting that in public, and yes, justice IS above mockery, wether you like it or not.

That could be an understandable mistake if the person publishing it was a regular one, but it was a lawyer.

BTW thats not the first time something like that happens in the US. Got this with a simple googling.

https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/court/lautoka-lawyer-convicted-of-contempt-of-court/

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ShadowDragon8685 t1_iy2p3qj wrote

> This is in relation to a committal proceeding filed against him by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.

Mmmmh, yes, we sure do have a Prime Minister here in the United States.


In case this poster deletes his post full'o ignorance, here it is, in full:

> [–]randomFrenchDeadbeat [score hidden] 8 minutes ago 

> No, and you are wrong, proof here :

> https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/court/lautoka-lawyer-convicted-of-contempt-of-court/

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ShadowDragon8685 t1_iy2pa27 wrote

Hrm, yes, let's see here... FBC News carries, according to them, "the latest news in Fiji."

That link in question notes,

> This is in relation to a committal proceeding filed against him by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.

Prime Ministers... Yep, we sure do have a full stock o' them here in the United States of America, which, apparently, according to you, is Fiji.


In case the poster above deletes his post full'a ignorance, I'mma repost it in full:

> [–]randomFrenchDeadbeat [score hidden] 5 minutes ago 

> The correct action to signal a mistake when you are a lawyer is to send a private message through proper channels, not post it on facebook.

> Doing the latter invites mockery. There is no other point in posting that in public, and yes, justice IS above mockery, wether you like it or not.

> That could be an understandable mistake if the person publishing it was a regular one, but it was a lawyer.

> BTW thats not the first time something like that happens in the US. Got this with a simple googling.

> https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/court/lautoka-lawyer-convicted-of-contempt-of-court/

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