http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/court_rules_texas_no_right_to_seize_children/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:40:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/court_rules_texas_no_right_to_seize_children/comment-page-1/#comment-375218 joe Thu, 22 May 2008 19:44:30 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/05/court_rules_texas_no_right_to_seize_children/#comment-375218 It seems this is a case where law enforcement and attorneys ran away with themselves. They obviously didn't know the full extent of what was going on in this compound, and while the religious practices were quite strange, removing the children from their mothers was not putting the needs of the children first. This is another case where the state flexed its muscle and was surprised that its law-breaking wasn't taken well by the public or the courts. It seems this is a case where law enforcement and attorneys ran away with themselves. They obviously didn't know the full extent of what was going on in this compound, and while the religious practices were quite strange, removing the children from their mothers was not putting the needs of the children first. This is another case where the state flexed its muscle and was surprised that its law-breaking wasn't taken well by the public or the courts.

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