Comet now! Court rules dad can't stop 7 y/o son from transitioning.

October 26, 2019, 07:52 AM

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
This smells like Munchausan syndrome by proxy

It is.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Is it normal for a judge to set aside a jury verdict this long after they issued it? Not knowing any better, I would think that judge would call for a recess or somehow otherwise indicate that she was considering overruling them?

Also for all the mentions of the judge feeling the heat, what's that all about? They should be impartial and follow rule of law not public opinion. Is it normal for a judge to change her ruling based on public outcry or are people misinterpreting what actually happened?

They got way more attention than they ever thought they would. I believe one of the conditions was for the father to take down his website. Both probably felt fear for their lives.

October 26, 2019, 08:21 AM

erj_pilot

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Originally posted by egregore:
So twelve people (or however many it was) thought this forced "transitioning" was OK? That is even worse.

Despite the fairness of our justice system (for the most part), this is what scares the absolute crap outta me if I were EVER in a position to be "judged by a jury of my peers". I have come to realize the majority of my "peers" are blithering idiots and wouldn't know a cogent thought if it ran them over in the street.

I don't care what caused the judge to intervene. I'm just glad to see intelligent heads prevail no matter the reason! What a screwed up world we live in...

"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne

"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24

October 26, 2019, 08:26 AM

V-Tail

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Is it normal for a judge to change her ruling based on public outcry or are people misinterpreting what actually happened?

My money is on faulty and incomplete reporting by the news media.

There is probably a lot more going on in this case, than we have been informed of.

October 27, 2019, 11:01 PM

jhe888

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Originally posted by Icabod:
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Originally posted by jhe888:
As I said before: the original custody decision, which carries along with it the right to make medical decisions, was made by a JURY not the judge. (A jury the dad asked for, by the way.)

The judge, who many of you criticised, has reversed the jury on that. While it doesn't happen often, judges can enter judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

I’m considering the time of the judge’s ruling. It comes after the verdict made the news and the state became involved.
As for the jury verdict, the judge has a good amount on control over it. The selection of jurors, who’ve evidence and testimony is admitted, and the instructions to the jury.
Taken together, my bet is on the judge have had a discussion with her superiors and the state.

You are revealing great ignorance. You just don't know what you are saying and how it works.