David Manney writes for PJMedia.com about a clear example of leftist hypocrisy.
Like neon lights in the fog, five words we’ve seen and heard everywhere, along with the self-righteous posts:
“Nobody is above the law!”
We heard those five words more than we heard “Good morning” or “Have a nice day.”
They echoed from tote bags, blared across chyrons, and rang out in chants from crowds cheering FBI raids on pro-life activists and conservative school board members—repeated so often that we began to believe they meant what they said.
However, when progressive Milwaukee Judge, County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan helped a man here illegally slip out the side door with hopes of dodging ICE like a rabbit outrunning a cheetah, those five very sacred words vanished.
Suddenly, without a preamble, those five words were replaced by:
“She was acting in her official capacity.”
Suddenly, she moved beyond accountability to a black-robed monarchy.
When we examine the story stripped to its basics, it’s simple. Judge Dugan presided over the case of one Eduardo Flores-Ruiz on domestic violence charges. Because deportation orders were already on record, ICE agents were waiting outside the courtroom.
Knowing what was about to happen, Judge Dugan allegedly guided Flores-Ruiz in the opposite direction of the agents and told him to use a side exit.
In case that’s lost in translation, let’s let that sink in. A sitting judge in Milwaukee helped a man evade lawful detention. She didn’t act out of confusion or accident. It was on purpose.
Despite her best efforts, ICE arrested him anyway. Then, however, Dugan tried to disappear the whole thing by filing a motion in May to dismiss her charges by claiming judicial immunity. She claimed the state’s sovereignty was violated by the presence of federal agents in her courtroom.
She’s not interpreting any legal precedent; she’s simply using the language of a person playing Queen of the Court.
