Comments on: Learn or Your Father’s Jailbait: Judge Sends Father to Jail After Daughter Fails to Earn GED

By: Court Rules Mother Must Take More Time with Kids: So It Sentences Her to Jail « JONATHAN TURLEY

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By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:01:32 +0000

Judge David Niehaus is a sadistic tyrant who brings his own brand of creative torture to his courtroom. He won an award for threatening to send people behind on child support to jail for christmas. Nice guy. The warning signs have been there a long time as to his personality problems. There needs to be a way to get rid of these crusader types who feel the ends justify the means in any case.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:57:57 +0000

Bizarre, but not untypical of the non-progressive Ohio. I remember a few years back, a well-documented home-schooler, who was accepted into a few colleges, as I remember, was considered “truant” by her local (Ohio) school-board.

By: Lily

Lily — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:54:21 +0000

The girl is an unwed mother. (has an 18 mo old daughter and shacked up with the sperm donor with her mom) Evidently the GED program can’t teach her well enough so she can pass the math section of the GED.

This is what happens to kids when the parents aren’t “happy” and get a divorce, the kids go to pieces.

The words “wife” was thrown around so much in the article, who knows what the legal status is of any one person.

In another case Judge David Niehaus was “friendly” with one mother and was allowed to hear her case which ruled against the father. I have no faith in our judicial system now that I have first hand knowledge (from another case) of how they make their own rules.

By: David

David — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:41:50 +0000

Good thing the Republicans are going to save us from activist judges. No wait, This idiot is a Republican.

By: James

James — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:08:38 +0000

Thats it folks,now we go to jail for not making our kids make passing grades,as well as not using turn signals! Does this kind of thing happen in Russia ? Anyway all is lost in this country and it is high time to bail out,no pun intended,I am moving to Mexico,then I am going to sneak back across the border so I will be treated like a citezen should be treated.Anyone with me?

By: Diana Demarest

Diana Demarest — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:42:50 +0000

Bob, Esq Said:

Well, that’s why they call it legislating (retroactively) from the bench; and I used the full sentence including the Bill of Attainder since the judge seemed to have it in for the guy personally.

Regards,

Bob

Ah – I see your point now. Thanks! =)

By: mespo727272

mespo727272 — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:45:12 +0000

Bob,Esq:

What do you call it when you are held in contempt by a contemptible judge?

By: Bob, Esq.

Bob, Esq. — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:24:57 +0000

Diana Demarest said:
“I would agree with you Bob but a Bill of Attainder is a legislative act. This was not legislative. This was judicial.”

Well, that’s why they call it legislating (retroactively) from the bench; and I used the full sentence including the Bill of Attainder since the judge seemed to have it in for the guy personally.

Regards,

Bob

By: Diana Demarest

Diana Demarest — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:22:37 +0000

Bob, Esq. Said:
1, May 11, 2008 at 5:11 pm
No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

Or something like that.
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I would agree with you Bob but a Bill of Attainder is a legislative act. This was not legislative. This was judicial.

By: Patty C

Patty C — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:22:49 +0000

I believe the judge’s position, from the article, is that the father, now living with his new wife, had custody, but chose to allow (force?) his daughter to live with the mother, during which time she got ‘off track’, as it were.

Part of the subsequent arrangements included that she finish her education in the form of a GED and the father was placed in charge of making sure that part of the agreement, made while she was still a minor, was satisfied.

The fact that she is now of legal age does not affect the earlier ruling – in the judge’s view.

By: Bob, Esq.

Bob, Esq. — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:11:41 +0000

No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

Or something like that.

By: Diana Demarest

Diana Demarest — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:50:49 +0000

Hello Professor!

Can the judge really do this?

Doesn’t she have the right to drop out of school if she wants to? Can he just single her out while others are dropping out of school?

It seems a bit extreme.

By: whooliebacon

whooliebacon — Sun, 11 May 2008 17:40:02 +0000

Post depression Americans understood the value of feeding one’s family over education. Book learnin’ ain’t puttin’ no food on the table.

It appears though, thanks to NAFTA, that a GED will only thrust one into “team leader” in the great job frontier of fast food America.

Pray tell what is this learned Judge thinking? Is this his shtick as in “crying Judge Larry Seidlin”? (Anne Nicole Smith)

mespo,

Thanks. That made me research the origins of Cincinnati. (Losantiville)

By: mespo727272

mespo727272 — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:12:46 +0000

Oh what a relief, this story originates in Cincinnati. I thought it was in America. Strange Taliban there. They even censor movies. See below:

http://citybeat.com/2004-07-28/cover.shtml

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:36:30 +0000

Well, this ranks right up there on the “Idiot ‘Crimes’ of the Year” Citation (I REFUSE to call it an award) List, JT, and I thank you for making us aware of this news story. I’m going to add it to a new category of Contempt Citations at the forum I contribute regularly to. As far as I’M concerned, this is nothing more than a grotesque example of blatant abuse of the criminal justice system, and officials who are guilty of this insanity need to be cited for CONTEMPT in the court of public opinion.