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Texas Judge Sentences Honors Student to Jail for Missing School

Posted on May 26, 2012 at 2:46pm by Madeleine Morgenstern
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Texas Judge Sentences Honors Student Diane Tran to Jail for Missing School

Image source: KHOU-TV

A Texas judge threw an 11th-grade honors student in jail for repeatedly missing school in the hope that he could make an example of her.

Diane Tran, 17, works two jobs while taking dual-credit and advanced placement classes at Willis High School in Willis, Texas, KHOU-TV reported. Her parents divorced and moved away, leaving her to support an older brother at Texas A&M University and a baby sister who lives with relatives. She lives with the family of one of her employers, the owners of a wedding venue.

Tran told KHOU she doesn’t want to miss school, but is so exhausted sometimes that she can’t make it to her morning classes before attendance is taken. Other times she even ends up missing the day entirely.

“She goes from job to job, from school she stays up ’til 7 o’clock in the morning doing her homework,” Tran’s friend Devin Hill told the station.

Judge Lanny Moriarty warned Tran back in April not to miss any more school; when she missed again last week, he issued a summons and had her arrested in open court Wednesday. Tran was sentenced to a night in jail and ordered to pay a $100 fine.

“If you let one (truant student) run loose, what are you gonna’ do with the rest of ‘em? Let them go too?” Moriarty asked.

He admitted to KHOU after the fact that he didn‘t know the full circumstances of Tran’s situation. He said he might work to have the arrest removed from her record, where it would otherwise remain.

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Comments (311)

toto
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:27pm
As far as I’m concerned, if her grade point is above a B, she should be allowed to come and go at will. So much of class time is completely inane and a waste of time, if she can do the work on her own and learn the material, then leave her alone.
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- Favored93
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:45pm
  You are exactly right.
  If my kids grades fall below a B they loose their weekends till it comes back up if below a C they are grounded till that comes up. However if they keep it B or above they don’t hear a peep out of me…including curfew.
  IMO if they are acting like responsible young people they should be treated as such.
  Also I was under the impression that if you are 16 or older you could drop out….how is it that this young lady was in violation of the law? 11th grade is above that age is it not?
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- TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:54pm
  Wonder why the article did not mention the Judge is a “Republican”. Oh! that’s right just another Big Government Republican. Just another reason the GOP needs to be rebuilt from the ground up.
- hidden_lion
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:55pm
  Education is a right not a legal requirement. It is a violation of her rights and she should sue.
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- spikebu
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:19pm
  It all comes down to federal funding and warm bodies in seats. At ten absences, funding is cut. Grades don’t matter. My daughter had 11 absences in her 1st hour class, and she was told she couldn’t graduate. She also works to help with our tight money situation, often til 1am. The first hour class was art, which she had an A+ in. We had to go through two appeals before they agreed to let her graduate. She had B’s in all her other classes.
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- jcldwl
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:28pm
  ah but that is not the point. She is skipping valuable indoctrination time while she shows the world she can work two jobs maintain a great grade point average and take care of fellow siblings. We can’t let that get out now can we. She is an individual, self supporting, good grade getting, prove you can do it without government intervention person. Then the government gets involved and off to jail she goes. Why? Because we can’t have others thinking they can succeed with a lot of hard work and no government intervention. Why that just is not possible. Soon it won’t just be jail time. It will be off with their heads.
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- KoolAidDrinker
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:54pm
  @Time 2 End
  article did not mention the Judge is a “Republican”.
  
  Sight your source……
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- TylerDante
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:59pm
  I wasn’t thrown in jail, but in my junior year of high school I missed a lot of days of school because of illness but was maintaining A‘s and B’s in all of my classes and even stayed after school to make up time. I ended up getting sick towards the end of the year and missed a couple of more days and was forced to appeal so I could make up the time again the next semester. Even though I had all A’s and one B the entire semester, the county I lived in knocked off my credits earned for that semester and I ended up having to take an extra semester of high school (though I took an extra year to make up some classes I failed in my earlier for being lazy).
  
  They make examples of the kids who are having the most success to deter the kids who wouldn’t give a rats ass to begin with. It’s disgusting.
- HUSSAR
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 5:05pm
  I understand and agree with the Judge 100% regarding kids and keeping an eye one them…but I also think he’s lost his mind not applying a shred of common sense to this situation. Every case should be judged on it’s own merit. This girl should be commanded and held up as an example to the millions of useless delinquents out there. SHAME on that IDIOT judge !!!!!!!!!!!
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- Gamaliel
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 5:18pm
  Oh no, that wouldn’t work. She’s missing her daily dose of brainwashing!
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- paperpushermj
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 5:25pm
  Judge issue an Arrest Warrant For the PARENTS for the abandonment of their Children. They need to be taken out behind the wood shed and taught you don’t shift your responsibility of YOUR children onto the shoulders of a 17 years old.
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- Taquoshi
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 5:30pm
  To Time to End the GOP -
  
  Please know that you are free to move to another country somewhere where there are no Republicans or Tea Party members. I hear Botswana is nice this time of year.
- TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 6:19pm
  @KoolAidDrinker
  I know the article did not mention that the judge was a republican. I found this out by a simple search. So if you do a simple search you will find this info. Good Luck.
  
  @Taquoshi
  Thank you for the advice, but I’m in the middle of rebuilding the GOP from the ground up. Not to worry thou I do have a passport and a place to go if I fail.
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- mattmo79
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 6:57pm
  So you have a judge that was found guilty of ethics violations punishing a young lady for working two jobs and missing a couple of classes while maintaining an honors grade point average. So is the example he’s making here having more to do with this young lady trying to make a life for herself and her family instead of going on welfare and relying on government assistance?
  
  Check out the ethics violation at http://montgomerytx.countymonitor.com/files/2009/05/tec_moriarty_reso.pdf
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- RamonPreston
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 7:49pm
  Taquoshi
  
  I am looking at Jordan, myself. Getting close to “Some traveling music, Sam.”
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- paperpushermj
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 8:18pm
  TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:54pm
  Wonder why the article did not mention the Judge is a “Republican”.
  .
  Answer:
  There was no way the Author could imagine that there are people who would want to make this into a Political Issue.
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- rc30
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 8:49pm
  If it is all ture. Then the judge made a bad call. You put the lazy jack ass kid in jail. If her grade is a B or higher. Then she doing the right thing.
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- MR_ANDERSON
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 9:20pm
  I couldn’t disagree more.
  
  When you teach people that they are exempt from the rules because of they are better than other people, you foster the same mentality that is running our country into the crapper.
  
  I’ve benefited from rules like that in my life. I was smarter than everyone else, but I didn’t do the work. Guess what…being smart only gets you so far in life. Sooner or later you have to do the work and follow the same rules everyone else does.
  
  No one is so special that the rules don’t apply to them.
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- MR_ANDERSON
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 9:23pm
  Oh, as for the story…
  
  You have to learn in life when to ask for help. I still struggle with that one, and I bet she is learning it the hard way. She is putting more on her shoulders than she should be doing. Her older brother…what is he doing?
  
  I pray and hope the best for her, and I know there are people out there willing to help.
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- Sirfoldallot
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 9:47pm
  WTH, some 1 needs to look @ this school rules & the dumb azz judge. Idiots r now our judges ? WTH
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- TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:04pm
  @paperpushermjWonder
  “why the article did not mention the Judge is a “Republican”.”
  .Answer:
  “There was no way the Author could imagine that there are people who would want to make this into a Political Issue.”
  
  Oh really! Lets take a look…. Same day same “Madeleine Morgenstern ”
  
  “Democratic Rep. Claims Victimizing Women is ‘as American as Apple Pie’”
  
  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/democratic-rep-claims-victimizing-women-is-as-american-as-apple-pie/
  
  I didn’t have to look very far did I? Now does that not make you feel like the fool you are?
  
  Maybe someone eles would like to try to answer the question.
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- teddie888
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:08pm
  With your train of thought is why our kids have run amuck. She needs parental guidance, she‘s 17 and shouldn’t be on her own. Judge should find her parents, no matter what state thei in and pop them in jail
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- waggie
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:24pm
  She doesn’t need a night in jail, she needs some HELP! This poor girl’s parents abandoned her and she is trying to be both mother and father while still being a teenager. Wow!
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- Walkabout
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:17pm
  toto
  As far as I’m concerned, if her grade point is above a B, she should be allowed to come and go at will
  ***
  Exactly
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- jzs
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:21pm
  Why is that Asian kids do so much better than American kids in school. Are Americans genetically inferior?
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- morak73
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:26pm
  @paperpushermjWonder
  “why the article did not mention the Judge is a “Republican”.”
  .Answer:
  “There was no way the Author could imagine that there are people who would want to make this into a Political Issue.”
  
  Oh really! Lets take a look…. Same day same “Madeleine Morgenstern ”
  
  “Democratic Rep. Claims Victimizing Women is ‘as American as Apple Pie’”
  
  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/democratic-rep-claims-victimizing-women-is-as-american-as-apple-pie/
  
  I didn’t have to look very far did I? Now does that not make you feel like the fool you are?
  
  Maybe someone eles would like to try to answer the question.
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  This must be the worst rebuttal I’ve seen in years.
  
  Does TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12 hope that nobody actually opens the linked article to see the subject is the crazy PARTISAN rhetoric over gridlock on a bill in Washington?
  
  Sorry, I see The Blaze often put ‘Republican’ in the title when the subject matter is political in nature. This was just so embarrassingly bad I cannot keep silent.
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- candcantiques
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:47pm
  Good people that have the ability should help this young lady. Other good people should find her parents and throw them in jail. Further good people should DEMAND that the judge step down.
  
  Again, IF THE STORY IS COMPLETELY ACCURATE.
  
  I wouldnt have normally said that but I am not truly sure what stories to trust or not now adays. Glenn I hope you checked this.
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- candcantiques
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:51pm
  IF, IF ,IF, IF the story checks out the judge has no buisness being a judge making decisions that affect peoples lives forever without knowing everything that there is to know. I CALL THAT LAZY.A judge should have HONOR. If this story is real and 100% truthfull this judge has NO HONOR nor does he care nor does he have any common sense. He needs to be permanently stricken from the bar and ALL of his cases need to be reviewed. IF THE STORY IT TOTALLY ACCURATE.
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- Walkabout
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:02am
  jzs
  
  Genetics wise? If there is a a factor it is slight. For the most part it is hard work.
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- Walkabout
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:08am
  What facts did the judge know?
  
  Did he know that the parents had left?
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- jzs
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 1:08am
  Walkabout, the difference is not genetic. It’s because Asian countries place a higher value on education than the US. Teachers, both in general and in advanced education are currently being demonized by the right, who are doing their best to reduce government support for education, while other countries throw their economic weight behind education as an investment in the future of their country. The right in this country say teachers make too much, they are indoctrinating our children with the theory of evolution, and not teaching enough religion.
  
  The US used to lead the world in the education of its own, but now education is viewed as area to cut costs to offset tax breaks for the rich. It‘s a sad direction we’re taking. Too bad so many in these country don’t associate education with American exceptionalism. I guess when we fall far enough behind other countries the stigma of getting an education will be become, instead, something we value as a country.
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- shotzie
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 2:14am
  @TOTO – You are absolutely correct. If the young woman is keeping her grades up, and we have to assume she is since she an honor student (although the article did not specify), it should not matter. Quite frankly for many very intelligent and hard working students, their time is better spent independently studying. Another commenter further down nailed it though when they said the school loses funding if they do not have warm bodies in the seats, and that’s really what the schools care about. This young woman seems motivated and smart. She should homeschool herself. If that is not possible I’m sure there are other homeschooling parents in the area that would be willing to take her into their home classrooms. Public school is not where this hard working young woman needs to be. I hope she is able to get the record erased and wish her all the best.
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- sacwoodpusher
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 2:53am
  Just more of the government trying to control us. The grades show she is learning. Why does attendance matter?
  
  I missed many classes in college, but got very good grades due to hard work. Let this kid alone!
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- Quack Addict
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 3:12am
  Aren’t judges voted into office? Seems like he needs to be voted out! What a slime ball.
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- GETLIFE
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 4:49am
  Arrested for what?
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- candcantiques
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 5:06am
  Maybe, just maybe I am the weak SOB that doesnt truely understand what is going on. Maybe there is more to this story. I have learned not to trust ANY story in the last 24 hours. I want to trust but how in the hell do I know what is the truth and what is a lie. Todays news is so full of BS I dont know where to turn for the truth anymore. Lies and the truth are mixed up like eggs in a bowl.
  
  I have just one thing to say. The American People PAID BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO DESIGN THE STEALTH DRONE. One crash landed in Iran and Obama let them have it. By all that I am as an American citizen, Obamas lack of respect for the fact that Americans worked their azzez off to make a stealth drone possible and then allowed Iran to have it is an act of TREASON and Obama should be hanged because he chose to allow such classified info to be disseminated to our enemies. OBAMAS LACK OF WILL TO PROTECT CLASSIFIED INFO THAT PROTECTS AMERICANS IS AN ACT OF TREASON AND HE SHOULD BE HANGED IMMEDIATELY. Screw Impeachment, HANG THE SOB NOW. Oh and the secret service if you disagree….. KISS MY ASS. You already know I am right your just to damn scared to act on it, you bunch of little bitches. BITCHES YOU ARE. YOU HAVE NO BALLS. You will never fight treason, you just follow orders blindly. YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO THINK FOR YOURSELVES, *******. YOUR BOSS ISNT THE PRESIDENT. IT’S THE CONSTITUTION, BUT YOUR TO DAMN SCARED TO FIGHT FOR THE CONSTITUTION. *******.
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- rpa49
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 6:04am
  The abilities of this young woman are heroic. Her selflessness towards her family through hard work and dedication to maintain very good grades should be commended. She is a success story, not a criminal.
  If under the law there was room to mitigate this charge away, it should have been sought out. I do not approve of activist judges. I would hope that this law will be changed if indeed, the judge’s interpretation of the law is correct.
  May God bless this young lady with abundant faith, strength, perserverance, love, and forgivness.
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- loriann12
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 9:07am
  I was reading these comments out loud, mostly the ones about missing the indoctrination, to my almost 13 year old. He said that‘s probably why she’s doing so great, missing that indoctrination.
  
  I agree, too. We just can’t have a 17 year old with a work ethic
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- loriann12
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 9:18am
  Asians may put more emphasis on education than America, but they also actually educate their children. That’s why they do better. Our government has been so interested in indoctrination into the left that they leave out the education, the reading, writing and arithmetic. I graduated in 1982 and didn’t see it so much. My highschool was on a college campus, and we were taught harder stuff than the regular school. I had a friend leave getting C’s from my school, and ended up with A’s from the public school. My husband has adopted sisters that are 20 years younger, and they watched movies in class. My son, during the last week of his school, has learned almost nothing. They’ve been watching movies all week, too. He reads books that have so much Spanish it has to have a Spanish Dictionary in the front so you can look up the meanings. Even his science teacher (conservative, wonder how he got in there) says their curriculum is very left leaning.
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- 4truth2all
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 9:37am
  Yo JZS:
  
  Oh great seeing eyeball … to say the “right’ is trying to ruin the educational system is really not even close. We currently spend way more per child in our liberal government school system then any nation on the planet …. what do we have to show for it ….we are around 17th in the world, with high school kids in class with their pants down walkin aroundlike penguins.( I know, I work with them) The ‘right” want’s to CUT the stupidity not the education.
  Give me 2 years, no government and the complete coperation of every school; teaching creation/ Genesis and the book of Proverbs (and the theory of evolution will still be discussed), (I play fair), and I would give you everything I own ( currently living under a bridge), if there is not a measurable difference in grades and attitude. In fact you could take me out and shoot me! (just give me a chance to have my will made). Of course, parents are partly responsible, but guess which educational system they come from!
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- ME
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 9:54am
  This is about keeping the gravy train for government going and nothing more the school does not get full tuition for the student if they are not there enough, the school intern tells law enforcement, and then a judge is responsible for making sure the school gets its money. At no point should one be confused about the welfare of the kid, the parents responsibility or anything besides the money. A government of the government for the government by the government God bless America!!!!
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- TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 11:11am
  morak73
  I see you’re a little slow. So I will take my time typing for you. Please let me know if I’m going too fast.
  Madeleine Morgenstern posted two articles in the same day.
  In the 1st article she mentioned that the Rep. was a Democrat.
  The 2nd article Madeline failed to mention that the elected official was a Republican.
  If you read the comments here most people are wondering why government is doing the things they do. I’m just pointing out it’s coming from both parties. What the 1st article mentioned here was about is irrelevant to the question of why Madeline chose not to include the party affiliation of this Judge.
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- kickstand
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 11:46am
  I agree
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 11:54am
  She has two jobs and two-more to support. She barely has time to eat and get to her next job or school. BUT what about her “older-brother”…Why isn’t he at a part-time job, also. If He is so “strapped-for-cash” why is he not on some form of scholorship to un-burden his only other working sister?? Many of my friends went to college/univ on their own dime. their parents could afford to “help” but each brother/sister(etc…) went to work including college and owed much-less comming out. Their parents were “out of the loop” entirely…they even used the “dorms” or small appartment near school and work. Some even didn’t have cars to support…bicycle, pubic-trans, or walking-fast.
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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:43pm
  This is insane! What would they do if she became emancipated and simply quit school? Nothing. She can ill afford $100. I hope someone with some money can help her out.
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- paperpushermj
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 1:01pm
  @TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
  Sometimes its good to take your political glasses off. Not everything is political. Now your attempt at being bipartisan seems disingenuous coming from a poster with the name of TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
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- ICEDRAGONNITE
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 1:05pm
  the rules, the rules do you hear me the rules. This is a judge that is a total AS# no common sense but totally prepared to make this gal bend to the rules of the zero tolerance police for non-conformity.
  Total garbage this judge needs to be removed from the bench. If this gal chooses not to get and education that‘s her business not anyone else’s. So sorry, the Constitution does not say an education is mandatory for all citizens. So back off.
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- TheSitRep
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 1:45pm
  Absolutely,
  Our law is the law but we have juries that are supposed to administer the law fairly.
  
  This judge is not fit to be judging people.
  We are living in a police state.
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- JimCDew
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 2:39pm
  I suspect the school, being staffed primarily by liberal administrators, didn’t consider, her scholastic performance because they probably graduate students based on attendance not performance.
  
  What a sad comment on educators that they have zero tolerance for this exemplary self sufficient young lady.
  
  She should be hired by the school as a motivational speaker to replace a deadbeat principle.
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- trinklefinder
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 5:39pm
  @time to end the gop in 12, you realize that the Dem Rep. is a politician right? She is trying to advance the Democrats idea that there is some kinda war on women….so yeah, of course her political affiliation is mentioned. This judge, whether Republican or Democrat made a really really stupid decision and it had nothing to do with his political affiliation. Could you please feign outrage at something more important? And finally, I cannot for the life of me understand how combative and socially insecure you people must be who go to these sites with differing political opinions to stir the pot. Seriously, do people just find you nauseating in real life? What a horror it must be try to communicate with people like you.
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- paperpushermj
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 6:23pm
  @TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
  I guess I need to be clear. In one story it was Germane to the story what the Political Party affiliation of the person was. In the other Story about the Judge the Political Affiliation if any was not Germane to the Story. Hope that fully answers your question.
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- Grey Eagle
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 8:36pm
  I am wondering why the High School student is supporting a brother in College. He could support himself. Why is she supporting a younger sister, where the heck is the parents. The Judge should address that one.
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- recoveringneocon
  Posted on May 28, 2012 at 10:09am
  Grey Eagle
  The Parents are out living the American Dream. It now takes a village to raise a family. Looks like the Judge in this case is the Village Idiot.
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- TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
  Posted on May 28, 2012 at 11:18am
  trinklefinder
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 5:39pm
  @time to end the gop in 12, you realize that the Dem Rep. is a politician right?
  
  And the Judge isn’t? Tell me that you know that Judge are politicians. Please tell me. Did you know this Judge was unaposed in the last election? This is the only and best the GOP has to offer (“really really stupid”, your words not mine) ? But then some of us know that Judges are politicians. I see my work is cut out for me.
  
  @paperpushermj
  
  Since you used the word “Germane” and capitalize it……. You Win!
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- TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
  Posted on May 28, 2012 at 11:19am
  Hey Everyone!!!! This Judge is a Republican, so it’s all OK now. NO reason to “Feign” over something so “Germane”.
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- Richalu
  Posted on May 28, 2012 at 1:16pm
  @TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 11:11am
  morak73
  I see you’re a little slow. So I will take my time typing for you. Please let me know if I’m going too fast.
  Madeleine Morgenstern posted two articles in the same day.
  In the 1st article she mentioned that the Rep. was a Democrat.
  The 2nd article Madeline failed to mention that the elected official was a Republican.
  If you read the comments here most people are wondering why government is doing the things they do. I’m just pointing out it’s coming from both parties. What the 1st article mentioned here was about is irrelevant to the question of why Madeline chose not to include the party affiliation of this Judge.
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  Altitude sickness affecting your judgement again? Must be, as you’re always astride that high horse of yours.
  
  An elected politician, city, county, state, or federal, is by definition, political. A judge, by definition, is ‘supposed’ to be apolitical. Therefore, as stated earlier, the judges political affiliation is not, nor should be, ‘germaine’ to the story.
  
  Unless, of course, I missed something. Perhaps you could point where political persuasion makes the difference in this young womans story.
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- TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
  Posted on May 28, 2012 at 7:58pm
  Richalu
  You did miss something. A lot of people here would have assumed that this was some kind of Liberal Democrat Judge. But now they know he is a Republican and everything is Okie Dokie. Funny thou how the Judge ran as a Republican in the Primary and as a Republican in the general election, but is ‘supposed’ to be apolitical. Maybe if “germaine” is used more it will change the facts. By the way it’s “germane” not “germaine” smarty pants
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- DeeA
  Posted on May 28, 2012 at 8:10pm
  This child is making the best of a horrible situation, instead of putting her in Jail, the court should be looking for ways to help her and her family until she graduates. The fact that she is maintaining good grades without dropping out is commendable. This judge is wrong, the decision should be appealed.
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- agmom04
  Posted on May 29, 2012 at 12:55am
  Unfortunately, that is not the law in Texas. I think most states have some sort of truancy law. How serious they are about enforcing it is another story. Here in Texas funding, that buys equipment, supplies, technology and pays the (pitiful) salaries of teachers come from that funding. It’s especially hard on poor districts and we have many poor districts. Truancy among some minority populations hurts, too. If a minority population is small then you don’t have to have much truancy to raise a red flag and wave it in the face of the the state.
  
  As for the legal age to drop out, it varies I suppose, by state, but in Texas you cannot not “officially” drop out until you’re 18th birthday.
  
  I got slammed on Huffington Post, but I was in public education in Texas for 30 plus years and I’ve heard all the hard luck stories. There is more to this than meets the eye…on both sides perhaps, but we aren’t getting all the facts. This girl should neither be supporting a younger sibling or an older one. The younger one is with relatives and they took on the burden so they should be the ones supporting her, not her teenaged sister. As for the one at Texas A&M, he/she should be supporting himselfherself and to foist that responsibility on this girl is abuse, IMO. With that being said, is that the REAL story? Or is it her story to get her neck out of the noose for attendance? I’m telling you something is fishy. And if the judge didn’t know all the facts he should
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wordweaver
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:26pm
It sounds like this judge needs to spend a night in jail so he will be motivated to do his job thoroughly and ask the right questions. After all, if we let one judge get away with this…
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- CatB
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:45pm
  My thoughts exactly .. I bet he is one of those lecture types who won’t listen to anyone else.
  
  This is outragous .. if she is not flunking out and working hard .. it should not matter if she shows up all the time .. perhaps a corresponse school would be a better fit .. sounds like she is a fine young woman working hard for herself AND others.
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- CatB
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:57pm
  Willis Location
  
  (936) 539-7801 Office
  
  (936) 788-8399 Fax
  
  Montgomery Location
  
  (936) 788-8374 Office
  
  (936) 788-8379 Fax
  
  Office Hours
  
  (Except for Official County Holidays)
  
  Monday – Thursday
  
  7:30 AM – 5:30 PM
  
  He doesn’t work on Fridays? I’ll bet this young woman does .. and Saturday and Sunday and Holidays ALSO!
  
  His court website:
  
  http://www.mctx.org/courts/justices_of_the_peace/justice_of_the_peace_pct_1/index.html
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- ThankBabyJesus
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 2:21am
  Yep, this is not justice. The education system is going into ashes to raise as a phoenix into something new, a paradigm shift once and for all. This student should be allowed a packet course or small group night school to not interfere with her productive lifestyle. So what does our system do? The exact opposite and punishes. If I am not mistaken this is someone covering their reputation. It’s never about the genuine student and it never is. This needs to change.
  
  One of the manifestos I take to heart: http://www.squidoo.com/stop-stealing-dreams
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- Bad Kitty
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 9:58am
  @catb
  you shouldn’t post a lawyers office, only OWS pot-heads can do that!
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:08pm
  Not just 1-nite in jail…he laughs at you out loud!! Impeach and prizon with no perks and no pention. He has trashed his oath-of-office with [feelgood-ism]. Quickly remove ErickHolder, and you’ll see all-of-a-sudden things will be properly prossicuted and all those “peskey fed-lawsuits” will dissapear.
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copatriots
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:24pm
Calm down, folks. Did you catch the last sentence? One wrong opinion does not override everything this judge has done. You’re rushing to judgment in a similar way as the left did with Trayvon. Do you have all the facts? Do you know this man’s character?

You may want to reserve the judgment until you have more facts. It‘s possible that the overloaded court system didn’t allow the JP to actually know her entire history.
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- Xcori8r
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:33pm
  There is more to this story than meets the eye.
  
  The kid would not have made it to a judge if someone at the school did not have it in for her.
  
  It does seem as if the judge’s parents may have been the brother and sister of the banjo player in “Deliverance” though.
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- 82dAirborne
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:33pm
  Very well said.
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- deerfawn
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:48pm
  I might have agreed with you but this was the second time she went in front of him. Plus it takes about 2 seconds to ask the young lady why she was missing school.
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- copatriots
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:57pm
  @ DEER
  
  The Judge probably sees more of these cases than he should and the girl likely didn’t fully comprehend the implications to volunteer the information. We just don’t know the whole story. Whether from the pressure the media is putting on it or by merely his own ethical standards, I’m guessing he will work to remove the arrest from her record.
  
  Again, it is prudent to wait for more facts. Or are we all now “drive-by media?
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- hidden_lion
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:57pm
  There is no good reason to jail a 17 year old for missing school. Education is a right, not a legal requirement. The only lesson she will get from this is that she is a slave to the state.
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- Ballot_Box_Revolution
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:59pm
  No matter what the facts are….the government does not need to be our nanny. Maybe this is how the governments are “fixing” the low fcat (whatever it is called) scores. again stupid regulations, that will fix nothing.
  
  In florida they lowered the passing grade to get more kids to pass…..Ok so what is the point in the testing then?
  
  Bottom line….Lock up real criminals….
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- hidden_lion
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:59pm
  “overloaded court system didn’t allow the JP to actually know her entire history”
  so you are fine for a judge giving jail time without first ascertaining all the facts?
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- copatriots
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:16pm
  @ HIDDEN
  
  Tran no doubt has a sad story and didn’t deserve jail time. This was her second time before the judge. As per the last sentence, the judge didn’t know her story. For the number of truancy violations he has likely seen, it would likely take a lot of time to understand every single truants story. In all likelihood, the judge was too severe in this case. So, he deserves condemnation and removal from the bench post-haste. Regardless of whatever good he may have ever done we, in internetland, have determined his possible mistake should cost him his career. Off with his head!
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- copatriots
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:38pm
  And HIDDEN, excellent point about education being a right, not a legal requirement. I agree with you. However, that isn’t how the system is currently set-up or the young lady would never have been before the JP. The government has far too much over-reach and involvement in our daily lives. This judge should not be made the example of all things wrong with our government anymore. If he is exposed as being unusually harsh throughout his career, then fine. But if this is an unusual occurrence, then I am quite sure he will make it right for Ms. Tran. Either way, we do not have all the facts from this story.
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:24pm
Do what we tell you to do or go to jail. Things are getting real bad people. Wake up and start supporting the only candidate that will actually change all this insanity, Ron Paul.

The biggest story of the primary election is being ignored by the MSM. Paul WILL win the nomination on the first round in Tampa.

42 USC 1971 – Sec. 1971. Voting rights
…
(b) Intimidation, threats, or coercion No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, shall intimidate, threaten, coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he may choose, or of causing such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, or Member of the House of Representatives, Delegates or Commissioners from the Territories or possessions, at any general, special, or primary election held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any such candidate.

This means that delegates cannot be bound to vote for any candidate for the nomination for President, Vice President, etc….

Rule 38 adheres to this Federal Law. There WILL be over 1144 Paul supporters as delegates at the convention and they will ALL vote for Paul on the first round. Federal law trumps any state law.

Ron Paul 2012!
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- Dad_Saint_Tech
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:19pm
  Great idea… let’s try and get someone who very few people are actually voting for into the white house. Legal tricks and deception are what this country is failing on now. I don’t think we need more now. Interesting how I didn’t see any Paul fans on the article about a mother on drugs gouging out her sons eyes. Yeah, let’s legalize that, open trade with terrorists and American haters, disassemble the military, and only focus on our own country while others are plotting our destruction. If he was so ahead of his time and such, then he would have been elected years ago being as he started decades ago. Go Ron Paul!
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- West Coast Patriot
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 5:24pm
  Dad-Saint, As Adrian Monk would say, “You’ll thank me later.”
  
  Our system was set up so that an underdog could be victorious over a rich candidate that can buy the vote, and do not think votes are not being bought. I see vote flipping going on, votes mysteriously being lost in the shuffle, when there should not have been shuffling going on, and state establishment GOP ignoring and out and out violating their very own rules, ignoring party values on policy voting in order to raise up their liberal leaning choice. I am looking forward to Ron Paul becoming the nominee at all costs, this is a r3EVOLution you know.
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- DSTSS2010
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:08am
  I am A-PAUL-ED the the delusional mindset.
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cassandra
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:22pm
remember his name next time he is up for another election, he has no common sense, what kind of Judge makes a judgement with out all the facts ? sounds like obama and the police acted stupidly statement
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blackyb
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:21pm
This should never have been brought before a court of law. The girl is doing more than three people right now and they just complicated her already overburdened life. Some people do not belong in places where decisions should be made. They have no sense of justice and rely on politicians to lead them, when most of these are dumb as dirt.
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- Countrygirl1362
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 6:47pm
  The way I see it, is she is trying to be responsible and do the right thing, without the help of the government and the government needs to punish people who are self supporting and do not rely on the government.
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Attila_the_Hunney
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:19pm
WHO is this judge? The fool has no discretion. Maybe he could have suggested that she adjust her schedule, give up some of the work hours, to make it to class on time? Texas, remove this idiot from the bench.
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- hidden_lion
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:06pm
  She is supporting her family. Maybe she should just test out of school so she can continue to work hard instead of being indoctrinated in a school that teaches nothing of use or value.
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blackyb
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:19pm
The people who put this girl in jail belongs there themselves. They could have found better ways to ease her burden. She is an honor student, or so it says. They should stay out of her business if they nothing to contribute to her cause. She is doing her job. She may not need to be in school so they can plan their pink slime lunches. That is what it is all about. They want to be insured they have a captive audience and sell food and indoctrinate with so many hours. Get those people out of our schools who are mistreating students for their own agendas.
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Leader1776
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:18pm
What about the school? If it weren’t for the school this would never have made it to the courts. I’m assuming by the way this story is written that this student is doing VERY well grade-wise. If so, this is another failure of a school that cares little for educational success and much for conforming to a failed system.
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- deerfawn
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:32pm
  its all about money. If shes not in her seat to be counted they lose money. Its disgusting.
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Bookster
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:18pm
So let me get this straight. Here we have a smart, hard working, responsible girl who want’s to do the right thing but only has 24 hours in a day to do it all in. She is working to take care of her siblings while maintaining honor level grades. Yet she is late to class or misses a few classes and this clown of a judge sends her to jail and fines her? Let me guess, in this same school district there are probably multiple “students” who are members of gangs, frequently go weeks at a time without showing up to school, have failing grades, and have run-in’s with the law on a fairly frequent basis. These “students” however instead of getting jail time and a fine get welfare money, food stamps, government paid cell phones, free health care, and free legal council for every time they get caught committing a crime. No jail time, no fines just benefits. Yes, this country is upside down.

This judge needs to be fired.

Liberalism is a mental disorder.
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- TheReasonableLib
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:23pm
  Conservative Republican judge in a conservative Republican district. Nice logic today, neocons.
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- copatriots
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:39pm
  Cute how you changed up your language, LIB. Up to your usual stunts I see. Are you getting paid OT for working to repeat yourself and flood the thread with your posts? Please tell me how you know so very much about JP Lanny Moriarty. Have you reviewed all his decisions and can attest to the fact that he is a “conservative”?
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- TheReasonableLib
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:44pm
  I‘m sorry but I’m just having fun. The way you people blame everything on liberals in order to rationalize things amuses me. It’s just like when conservative en mass were decrying lamar smith as a liberal over SOPA despite his rating from conservative sources. Facts have a liberal bias, right?
  No, shutting down idiocy is more of a hobby for me, I wouldn’t mind getting paid for it though, Jon Stewart makes a decent living doing so.
  I’m just going by his own positions on issues which he espoused when running as well as the history of the area he serves. It’s all consistent here, just accept reality rather than constantly fighting against it.
  BTW are you stalking me? It seems that every time I make a post you’re there.
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- copatriots
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:52pm
  You’re not interesting enough to follow in any manner. Narcississitic much?
  
  It is interesting that you find this “fun” and have done such a phenomenal amount of research in the short time this story was posted while flooding the board as is your usual tactic.
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- TheReasonableLib
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:02pm
  @ Copatriots:
  And yet every post I make you’re there. Stalker much?
  You’ve caught me. I’m Soros funded and proud of it. Soon Soros and Obama shall dispose of Glenn Beck, the last bastion against their unopposed reign. That or I can do a simple google search. It’s not that difficult really. See liberals have these things called facts, I understand they’re foreign to you but do try to embrace them.
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- copatriots
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:10pm
  Um, you might actually want to check my posting history. I’ve been off and on the stories all day long and am a long time poster here since I coincidentally happen to be on the internet a lot every day. But it is telling that you think your LIB position and flooding threads is worthy of any attention. It is “fun” to catch you at your usual tricks and advise other posters of your usual lack of facts.
  
  On that note, hate to tell you. Gotta run for now. Fare thee well.
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- sawbuck
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:17pm
  @TheReasonableLib
  
  “BTW are you stalking me? It seems that every time I make a post you’re there”
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Wow.. where do I begin…Lets start with your name. “Thereasonablelib”
  That like say saying “hard working community organizer“ …it’s a fallacy ..it doesn’t exist…But you keep telling yourself otherwise.
  And as for your “typical- liberal- always the victim allegation.. to being stalked…Maybe this same judge will here your case….you guys seem to be cut from the same “unreasonablelib”…cloth .
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- kegbuna
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:02pm
  I like how the conversation moved away from Bookster‘s obvious misalignment of the judge’s ideology.
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AWAKENEDAWARE
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:18pm
Nice job judge. You are a fuggin maroon. I hope your kids don’t ever have to work for a living, because people like THIS young lady will have ALL THE GREAT JOBS, you worthless hack.
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deerfawn
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:16pm
so who was the judge? Did I miss the name?
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- The_Almighty_Creestof
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:26pm
  Lanny Moriarty and his term is up in 2014. So you Texans out there, make a note on your fridge to fire this idiot.
  
  Who wastes time with truants in this day and age? And why start with a top notch student? And why make a decision with none of the facts in evidence? And why go so over the top in the punishment?
  
  Republican or not, he’s a moron that should not have such authority any longer.
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Micmac
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:10pm
Home school. My kids did it and were top of their classes in college. Especially this young lady, who obviously needs an award for her persistence and dedication. You have my support. This judge, school and school board needs to be repremanded. If the crazy libs wanna spread the wealth, here is a great place to place their own monies.

NoBama 2012

NoBama
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- RamonPreston
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 7:46pm
  If kids are home schooled they will miss all that indoctrination. Like evolution. School champions the “theory” but an honest investigation on the Internet will prove that the Earth is no more than 10,000 years old; not enough time for evolution to have occured These teachers push their ideas on the students as truth who accept them because their teachers told them. Our “founding fathers” would never believe what has happened to this country.
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hugo65hsv
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:09pm
Incredibly stupid on this judges part.. He didn’t even think to ask what the situation was.. On second thought would he have even done differently.. Get rid of him he’s too stupid to be a judge..
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mike_trivisonno
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:08pm
I just want to know a whole lot more about Judge Lanny Moriarty.
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- TheReasonableLib
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:21pm
  Well he’s a conservative Republican.
  http://www.mcrp.org/2002ElectionsRecap.htm
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- Walkabout
  Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:07am
  TheReasonableLib
  
  Arlen Specter was elected on the Republican ticker. & that means what exactly?
  
  The Senators form Maine are elected on the Republican ticket. They are not called weak kneed for nothing.
  
  The lament is that Supreme Courts justices drift over time & become liberal.
  
  I think that you are not as clever as you think you are.
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lukerw
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:07pm
She is too Smart… for the Dumbed Down… Education System & the Judge!
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- Mark0331
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:21pm
  ‘Judicial discretion is the power of the judiciary to make some legal decisions according to their discretion. Under the doctrine of the separation of powers, the ability of judges to exercise discretion is an aspect of judicial independence. Where appropriate, judicial discretion allows a judge to decide a legal case or matter within a range of possible decisions…..’
  
  This Judge had the ability and legal power to do the right thing, he chose not to….he is worse than the crud I am cleaning out of my smoker grill right now…hmmmm, pig roast….;-)
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DGuy
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:04pm
HOMESCHOOL…

And skip the liberal indoctrination process commonly found in public schools…
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- woodyb
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:13pm
  We’ll show you conservatives!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  This is the reward we give for hard work and the drive to do something FOR YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- TheReasonableLib
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:20pm
  @woodyb
  I know it’s fun for you people to blame all everything away onto liberals, but judge lanny is a conservative republican who won with 81% in his notoriously conservative district back in 2002.
  http://www.mcrp.org/2002ElectionsRecap.htm
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Deckle
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:04pm
This judge needs to go to jai. People of Texas get him out of his position. We are living in difficult times and this girl is doing the best she can. Get the judge out and send him to jail for missuse of his powers. We have some really stupid judges these days and we need to pray for the replacement of all judges who are not in alignment with what is true and right!
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- londons1937
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:29pm
  DECKLE, Double whammie! Anyone in authority who is not in alignment with what is true and right should be taken out of their position. Obama comes to mind and, oh, so many others.
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COFemale
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:03pm
He found out after the fact her reason for missing classes? Did it not occur to you to ask her beforehand why she missed school? Sometimes I wonder about our judges and their ability to critically think.

Grant you she should not miss school, but I am a little vague why the parents were allowed to move away. At 17 she is a minor and a younger sibling living elsewhere – that is abandonment. They should be arrested?
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don young
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:02pm
God help anyone that has to work at least she isn,t on drugs just takeing care of her family the judge should have asked her why she missed school insted of just giveing her jail time and a fine.
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The Gooch
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:01pm
Um… I’m not familiar with Texa law on this matter, but don’t most states go after the parent(s) and/or custodian(s)? Judges can’t just make up law as they see fit. Yes, I read the parents moved away. So who is the adult here (other than the honor student)? Was the girl emancipated? Details are lacking…
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- AmazingGrace8
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:45pm
  I agree with your post. It said, her parents divorced and moved away?. Strange divorce settlement. Did mom & dad choose what car they take to move away and to “heck” with the “other-MINOR-stuff”? A “baby-sister” living with relatives? Guess this could be called the “new-norm”. Saw a clip about the gal that was investigating a school and most class rooms were empty of students, however, there was an early morning class that was “filled-to-the-brim“ because students ”loved the subject & this class“ and after this ”one” class was over…THEY WENT HOME!!! Strange things are happening and it just gets more unbelievable each day & each news report. My heart goes out to ALL of the youth in America. Sad.
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TheReasonableLib
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 2:59pm
Republican judges folks.
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maryann72961
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 2:57pm
a liberal judge punishing a hard working conservative patiot who believes in working hard for a living. I say conservative because she is giving all she has to make sure her brother and sister are taken care of, while trying to stay in school. the fact she is on the honor roll shows that she isn’t just blowing off school. The judge now wants to claim ignorance of all the facts. what a idiot. Did they raise the age that a student can quit school because the last I knew, it was sixteen. There use to be such a thing called a hardship clause, where kids were expected to stay home and help out on the farm in times of need. To me this is just more liberal bull crap. if you aren’t dependent on the system we will punish you. How dare you try to better yourself or take care of family with out welfare
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- TheReasonableLib
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:00pm
  He’s a Republican, genius.
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- The_Almighty_Creestof
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:05pm
  I doubt it has anything to do with politics. More likely he is like a pedophile who opts for the priesthood to molest his victims under a cloak of secrecy…but in this clowns case, he is just a cowardly, sadistic little man who gets his rocks off terrorizing and antagonizing people from the safety of his bench.
  
  What a pathetic worm.
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- copatriots
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:20pm
  LIB, Republican does not make one a conservative, genius. MARYANN said “liberal”, not Democrat.
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- TheReasonableLib
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:28pm
  @copatriot
  In this case it does. He ran on a conservative platform, the dictrict is ardently conservative, you can‘t win unless you’re anti-abortion etc etc. Sorry to burst your view of reality, but this guy is yours, you can’t blame liberals for this one. Own it!
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- copatriots
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:44pm
  I’m reserving judgment until more facts materialize. Unlike what you are doing. Own THAT!
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- copatriots
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:46pm
  It is interesting how excited you are for a potentially conservative judge to have made a bad choice that affects a young lady’s life. Is that why you come here? Are you equally excited for George Zimmerman?
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- TheReasonableLib
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:54pm
  @ copatriot:
  Nice try, but no. I’m amused at the denial of reality present in you modern conservatives. The girl’s story is a tragedy, but weren’t you people trying to use it to bash liberals? Don‘t get upset when it’s turned back on you. I come here to laugh at the consistent denial of reality by conservatives and your frequent hypocrisy. Needless to say I am never disappointed.
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- copatriots
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:03pm
  Who is “you people”, LIB? I didn’t blame anything on anybody……especially in this case. You seem more inclined to rush to judgment and are having “fun” with the 5 minute internet search you did on the JP to form your decision. Project much?
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- copatriots
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:03pm
  So…..are you having a “fun” time with the liberal attack on Zimmerman as well?
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- copatriots
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:06pm
  You might think Conservatives are denying reality but don’t ya think LIBS are making reality up as they go? Too bad the whole white/black issue just hasn’t quite fit the narrative in the reality for Zimmerman.
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The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 2:55pm
This judge is a moron and should be kicked off the bench, out the courthouse doors…and then beaten to a pulp.

Damn cowards who can do whatever they want…kicking the crap out of them is the only justice you’ll ever get.
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- COFemale
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:05pm
  Lets keep the violence out of this. However, was this just a one-time bad call by the judge or is this a pattern. If the latter, then getting him off the bench should suffice.
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- The_Almighty_Creestof
  Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:44pm
  You’re right of course. It just gets my blood boiling when dealing with judges and others in the same position of authority. There is literally nothing you can do to them while they are in office. They can issue warrants, summons all day long for whatever reason they want with no oversight. Try to fight them and they’ll have you arrested for contempt, held without bail as often as they want, for as long as they want.
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quiet little lamb
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 2:49pm
WOW. way to punish those that work hard. this judge would’ve had me in PRISON doing hard-time
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