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    Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 8 years, 9 months ago
    This is political payback clear as day. Shameful. This Judge should be removed from the bench. Can't D'Souza appeal this decision to a higher court?
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    • Posted by KevinSchwinkendorf 8 years, 9 months ago
      In the old Soviet Union, being a "counter-revolutionary" (being against the Communist Revolution of 1917) was defined as mental illness and people were taken away. How about the apparent mental illness associated with the Clinton Foundation's receipt of donations as quid pro quo for favorable trade deals of foreign countries with Iran, in violation of the sanctions (as HRC was Secretary of State)? I guess that's okay, now that there aren't going to be any more sanctions on Iran anyway? Leftist hypocrisy reaches new levels evey day. If I were Dinesh, I'd tell the judge to go f*ck himself! Also, the quote "I had a major in psychology" reminds me of the guy in the old TV show "Mr. Science," who claimed he had a "Master's degree - IN SCIENCE!"
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      • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 9 months ago
        Indeed, Counter-Revolutionary has been used up to the very end of the Communist Empire as an excuse to send peole to the Gulag. I believe Andrie Tupoleve even was sent there by Stalin for having the temerity to want to build a big bomber before WW2, saying they would need it, then was brought back when they needed him. This Judge is a poster child for the outrages of the current government. We need a collage with him, Lerner, Pelosi, Clinton and Obama, for the "How not to Rule" poster.
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    • Posted by jdmatthew 8 years, 9 months ago
      No he can not appeal, He Plead Guilty thus giving up his right to appeal.
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      • Posted by jabuttrick 8 years, 9 months ago
        No, he cannot appeal the sentence, but he could take an interlocutory appeal of the most recent order to the 2nd Circuit and argue that the renewal of the treatment term amounts to an abuse of discretion by the District Court. This appeal would not have a snowballs chance, but it could be filed .
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      • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 8 years, 9 months ago
        That is terrible. Total injustice. Almost like double jeopardy being punished twice for the same crime, or at least having sentence altered after the fact. One could argue that a judge, even one with his professed credentials was applying "cruel and unusual" punishment. How is it not when calling a man less than mentally stable when experts in the field have deemed him so?
        This is just wrong... In my estimation this liberal judge who "can't understand" is the one with a mental problem.
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    Posted by freedomforall 8 years, 9 months ago
    “You have to understand, I have a background in social work with a psychology major,” Berman explained.

    This proves that Berman is biased in his judgment on every case, and practicing psychology without a license, even to over-ruling the judgment of those who are licensed to practice.
    And as most who study psychology, HE's CRAZY AS A LOON!
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    • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 9 months ago
      Sociology? That's what people major in when they can't pass real college level material. Right under Education a a major. The next level up is Poly scie and I have no excuses. I chose it because it wasn't that difficult and allowed me to retain my self respect.
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  • Posted by j_IR1776wg 8 years, 9 months ago
    “I’m not singling out Mr. D’Souza to pick on him,” Berman said at the hearing Monday. “A requirement for psychological counseling often comes up in my hearings in cases where I find it hard to understand why someone did what they did.”

    The opposite of the rule of law is the rule of whim. As objectivity ebbs, subjectivity rises. Berman's pronouncements are those of a King's minister.
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    • Posted by khalling 8 years, 9 months ago
      I saw d'Souza on the Kelly Files. He was greatly relieved with the sentence. He thought the judge was a hero in the face of the political landscape. This should alarm every American.
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      • Posted by j_IR1776wg 8 years, 9 months ago
        I'm doing a slow re-read of AS wherein Dagny is appearing on Scudder's radio show. She stuns him and the audience by telling the truth and not apologizing for what she and Rearden had done. Quite the opposite expressed pride in their actions. That kind of courage is as rare in fiction as it is in real life.
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  • Posted by ProfChuck 8 years, 9 months ago
    How very Orwellian! This brings the Stalinist "Reeducation Centers" to mind. Dsouza is obviously guilty of thought crime and he must be "cured" before he is liquidated.
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  • Posted by $ Stormi 8 years, 9 months ago
    First, in my opinion, the judge needs counseling.
    Second, if Obama has more of the trait the judge describes, then why is he not taken out of office and sent to therapy? Third, the training manual for communist party members in the USA, called for as many people as possible to be put under the care of psychologist, but not competent one, rather ones who would promote the goals of communism. That is how they take over a country from within. Sound like Hillary's plan? Make being a conservative a crime, then fix them to be good little Red.
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  • Posted by teri-amborn 8 years, 9 months ago
    Let me get this straight...
    Dinesh donated ten grand and was fined 30 grand...?
    Was he stealing or does this just fall under the category of: "I have the money and want to donate, but the "rules" say I CAN'T?"
    It seems to me that if there is a broken system in this country, it is the judicial system.
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  • Posted by DrZarkov99 8 years, 9 months ago
    If anyone needs further proof that Americans who call themselves "Progressives" are simply Stalinists hiding behind another label, they're in serious denial. We try to comfort ourselves by trying to convince ourselves that Democrats are simply European Socialists, who are authoritarian in nature, who don't care what you think, so long as they're in charge, but the truth is that they are totalitarians, who won't be satisfied until you're forced to become "believers". Psychological "counseling" was a hallmark of the Stalin era in the USSR, and it's coming here to Amerika if we don't stop it.
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  • Posted by $ jdg 8 years, 9 months ago
    Part of the reason the Left is winning is that our side isn't willing to use their own methods against them. We need to start, and this is one of them.
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  • Posted by lneil 8 years, 9 months ago
    Are we really that far from re-education camps if we do not agree with the leftest ruling class? Democrats get away with absolutely anything.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 9 months ago
    How about ditching the Electoral College and replacing it with None of the Above
    Ditching the winner take all rule which is a due process violation as it changes the intent of votes.

    Some of these might strike a resonant chord and cause some additional discussion threads??
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  • Posted by handyman 8 years, 9 months ago
    How much clearer can it be that minions inside government bureaucracies will spare no effort to marginalize and throw up barriers to effective leaders who challenge the bureaucratic status quo. This ruling should generate alarm bells even from the MSM. How likely is that?
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 9 months ago
    I would hope his lawyers question the fact a court is ordering medical treatment when no evidence or request was made by the state, it appears to be his own silly idiotic idea and I think "cruel and unusual" comes into play.
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  • Posted by sfdi1947 8 years, 9 months ago
    Well of course! Any reasonable Progressive on the State Science Committee would think he was nuts. I recommend they assign Dr. Lou Dobbs or Dr Megyn Kelly to pronounce his health so he may again bedevil the SSB.
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  • Posted by gkate 8 years, 9 months ago
    I don't suppose thinking the campaign finance restirctions are unconstitutional would be considered a psychologicproblem? How aobut thinking they are pointless and ineffective?
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