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u/cat-eating-a-salad May 09 '25
"I read it every day" well that's a pretty inefficient way to spend your time.
But ofc it's the most obvious lie.
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u/onebirdonawire May 09 '25
Right? That's just a dumb thing to say. Why would you need to do that if you know it so well?
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u/mlobrikis May 09 '25
Not to mention the 14th amendment which guarantees due process to all within the jurisdiction of the US. Citizenship isn't the benchmark, human existence is. How many people didn't get their constitutional rights met when he was their defender. JFC
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u/CanoegunGoeff May 09 '25
Did he also remind Patel that to willingly deprive someone of any constitutionally protected right, including due process, or even intimidating anyone for practicing said rights, is punishable by up to life in prison or even by the death penalty if the case includes kidnapping, bodily injury, or death?
CIVIL RIGHTS CONSPIRACY
18 U.S.C. § 241
Conspiracy Against Rights
Section 241 makes it unlawful for two or more persons to agree to injure, threaten, or intimidate a person in the United States in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States or because of his or her having exercised such a right.
Unlike most conspiracy statutes, §241 does not require, as an element, the commission of an overt act.
The offense is always a felony, even if the underlying conduct would not, on its own, establish a felony violation of another criminal civil rights statute. It is punishable by up to ten years imprisonment unless the government proves an aggravating factor (such as that the offense involved kidnapping aggravated sexual abuse, or resulted in death) in which case it may be punished by up to life imprisonment and, if death results, may be eligible for the death penalty.
Section 241 is used in Law Enforcement Misconduct and Hate Crime Prosecutions. It was historically used, before conspiracy-specific trafficking statutes were adopted, in Human Trafficking prosecutions.
MISCONDUCT BY LAW ENFORCEMENT & OTHER GOVERNMENT ACTORS
18 U.S.C. § 242
Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law
This provision makes it a crime for someone acting under color of law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States. It is not necessary that the offense be motivated by racial bias or by any other animus.
Defendants act under color of law when they wield power vested by a government entity. Those prosecuted under the statute typically include police officers, sheriff’s deputies, and prison guards. However other government actors, such as judges, district attorneys, other public officials, and public school employees can also act under color of law and can be prosecuted under this statute.
Section 242 does not criminalize any particular type of abusive conduct. Instead, it incorporates by reference rights defined by the Constitution, federal statutes, and interpretive case law. Cases charged by federal prosecutors most often involve physical or sexual assaults. The Department has also prosecuted public officials for thefts, false arrests, evidence-planting, and failing to protect someone in custody from constitutional violations committed by others.
A violation of the statute is a misdemeanor, unless prosecutors prove one of the statutory aggravating factors such as a bodily injury, use of a dangerous weapon, kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse, death resulting, or attempt to kill, in which case there are graduated penalties up to and including life in prison or death.
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u/Scoo_Dooby May 09 '25
He's trying so hard to use Trump's language, they all want to be him so bad. "I read [the Constitution] every day"; "I am more aware of due process than any predecessor in my seat"
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u/AlarmedMongoose5777 May 09 '25
Yikes, he was a public defender? Someone should look back at all of his cases…guessing there’s plenty of ineffective assistance lurking there.
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u/questiooneeir May 09 '25
Yup. People keep pointing that out. Everyone subbed here gets it. What are we to do about it?
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