Comment by petcat
16 days ago
Both the US and UK operate under common-law systems with substantial judicial precedent. In practice, there is very little difference between the two systems.
16 days ago
Both the US and UK operate under common-law systems with substantial judicial precedent. In practice, there is very little difference between the two systems.
For those of us who are outside of the US, can someone explain why we see things like a judge ordering a 7 year old without legal representation to file legal paperwork? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/us/lawyers-unaccompanied-...
I'm not a lawyer, but I always associated (perhaps wrongly) common law with common sense. I don't see much of the latter here.
“Immigration judges” are not judges in the normal sense, they’re employees of the Department of Justice.
Unless you're in Louisiana, which has some really weird processes.
Specifically in Louisiana you need to ask for a lawyer when arrested, not a 'lawyer dog'
Don't forget (and not just in LA) that you can only exercise your right to remain silent not by remaining silent, but by saying those words, ideally in response to each individual question.
Otherwise the prosecutor can stand up in court and say you were "uncooperative" and resisted, even obstructed attempts to investigate the crime, and if your lawyer tries to frame this as you exercising your right, the judge will not permit this because you didn't utter the magical incantations.