The judges of Virginia have decided that they don't want cell phones in their courtrooms. I would agree that it is annoying to have cell phones many places that I go. In the case of the judges, unlike the rest of us, they have the ability to punish stupid people who do not turn off their cell phones. Like us, I guess they figured out that even with punishment the idiots do not learn.
Fair enough. The problem is that they banned phones in the *courthouse* not the courtroom. I showed up at Roanoke City Court the other day to file civil papers and had to return to the car to put my phones in since they were no longer allowed in the courthouse. To begin with, that took 5 minutes off my time available for the 30 minute parking, As everyone knows, public servants are not known for their speedy work habits. That's actually our fault since we elect the same clerk of court for like 50 years in a row...what's their incentive for improvement?
So here I am Citizen Huckleberry going to the clerks office sans phone. Note that, at no time during this visit will I even go near an actual courtroom. They ask me what the day of the judgement was and I have to reply that I do not know because that information is in my phone. So I ask them if they can have cellphones and they say yes. I ask why they think I shouldn't have one and the woman says because I might call in a bomb threat and disrupt court. Hmmm, not to clear why a landlord wanting possession would want to leave and come back another day.
It's just another stupid rule that shows that there is a class war going on in this country but it's between the lawyers and the people. Did I mention that lawyers are exempt from this rule? Judging from the lawyers I know, they are the problem not the solution to the cell phone idiot issue. Of course, they can most likely talk on theirs in court since they are so special!
Fair enough. The problem is that they banned phones in the *courthouse* not the courtroom. I showed up at Roanoke City Court the other day to file civil papers and had to return to the car to put my phones in since they were no longer allowed in the courthouse. To begin with, that took 5 minutes off my time available for the 30 minute parking, As everyone knows, public servants are not known for their speedy work habits. That's actually our fault since we elect the same clerk of court for like 50 years in a row...what's their incentive for improvement?
So here I am Citizen Huckleberry going to the clerks office sans phone. Note that, at no time during this visit will I even go near an actual courtroom. They ask me what the day of the judgement was and I have to reply that I do not know because that information is in my phone. So I ask them if they can have cellphones and they say yes. I ask why they think I shouldn't have one and the woman says because I might call in a bomb threat and disrupt court. Hmmm, not to clear why a landlord wanting possession would want to leave and come back another day.
It's just another stupid rule that shows that there is a class war going on in this country but it's between the lawyers and the people. Did I mention that lawyers are exempt from this rule? Judging from the lawyers I know, they are the problem not the solution to the cell phone idiot issue. Of course, they can most likely talk on theirs in court since they are so special!
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