traffic tickets, n400 and chief justice

[gcardo]

I know that this issue has been beaten to death but I stumbled over a news article about the chief justice William Rehnquist getting a speeding ticket (more than once with the latest one in Sidney, NY in 2002) and found it interesting.
I am pretty sure more articles can be found about other high ranking judges/officials getting speeding tickets.

I just found it crazy that there could ever be any kind of linkage between a non-criminal traffic ticket (speeding, red light etc...) and good moral character. If there is why not just fire such judges.


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/13140p-12467c.html

http://www.thedailystar.com/news/stories/2002/08/24/judge.html

 

[ocworker]

I know that this issue has been beaten to death but I stumbled over a news article about the chief justice William Rehnquist getting a speeding ticket (more than once with the latest one in Sidney, NY in 2002) and found it interesting.
I am pretty sure more articles can be found about other high ranking judges/officials getting speeding tickets.

I just found it crazy that there could ever be any kind of linkage between a non-criminal traffic ticket (speeding, red light etc...) and good moral character. If there is why not just fire such judges.


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/13140p-12467c.html

http://www.thedailystar.com/news/stories/2002/08/24/judge.html

i read someone posted in other forum.

ignoring traffic laws shows a person ignore laws in general.

if you have a habit to ignore traffic laws, it could not show that person has good moral standard.

i tend to agree to that. law is law. if someone breaks a law, that person has tendency to break other laws again. even thought the normal traffic voilation might not be as serious as some DUI or hit and run.

 

[gcardo]

just two coments

just 2 comments:

1. you are saying that people who speed have the tendency to break the law and commit other crimes.
Have you been on the highway lately? half the people speed (whether it's one mile more than the speed limit or 25 miles more).
Are you saying that all these people (half of the US population) including supreme court justices have the tendency to commit criminal acts?
As an example the state of Iowa has 3 million people and 400,000 people get a traffic ticket every year. multiply that by 5 and you'll see that statistically more than half of the population has 1 traffic ticket during the last 5 years. Some have more than one. Are all these people criminals? so if you get one ticket or 2 in the past 5 years you're OK but if you get 3 you're a criminal?

2. Judges cannot be fired it is true and no one even suggested Rehnquist should be fired. However, don't you think he would have been forced to resign if he had committed a dwi, shoplifting or caught in possession of any kind or any amount of drugs?