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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Carol Platt Liebau: A Reminder That No One Is Above the Law
Description: Too often, it may seem that our jury system doesn’t hold powerful people to account. This time, it did. A federal jury has convicted Milawaukee judge Hannah Dugan of a felony: obstructing federal agents who were attempting to arrest an illegal immigrant defendant in her courtroom. Dugan’s case drew national attention last spring. ICE agents were waiting outside her courtroom to arrest an illegal immigrant, who was also a defendant in her courtroom on battery charges. Dugan sent the agents to speak with the chief judge, then ushered the defendant out through a discr...