Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Aimster
let me educate you people who are just blabbering as usual
Nothing is a "law" if it goes against the Constitution. It would be an illegal law.
A headscarf is part of the religion. A hat is not.
When you break the law you are not 'guaranteed' full constitutional rights.
It is clear the woman had no right to be arrested which is why someone in the higher-ups passed the word to free her
No where in the constitution does it say a person's religious practices or garments may break court rules or that a court must make an exception to it's rules to accomodate ANY religous practices. In fact, these rules have nothing to do with the constitution at all. MOST of your constitutional rights go out the door during court proceedings. Free speech, freedom of expression and many others are stopped in order to keep order in the courtroom.
She was arrested for contempt of court. If you look that law up, you'll find that ANY thing a person does that is disrespectful of the court, its process, and its invested powers is legally "Contempt of Court." She cussed at a Bailiff. Technically that is contempt of court. But once the media got wind of it and FALSELY portrayed it as her being jailed for wearing a Hijab, the higher court released her. She was released for political and PR reasons, not legal reasons.
She was technically guilty of contempt. When you show disrespect to the court, you are in contempt.
A rule is a rule. I see no reasons to make religious exceptions to such rules. That would make the religious more equal, and the irreligious less equal, which is contrary to our country's basic ideals; that all men are equal under the law.