More erosion of due process
Can’t contest traffic tickets in DC. Of course, contesting them has been cost prohibitive for years in most places. Ya know, they could just put some credit card readers in the police cars. Sure, it’s still conviction without due process but it’s much less of a pain in the ass.
November 13th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Seventh Amendment
I think they got around this little bit of the supreme law of the land by utilizing the standard mischief of classifying parking tickets as uncommon law (or extra-common law or something). I think this bit works for tax court too.
November 13th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Well, I don’t know. I got a traffic ticket some years back in Pennsylvania. The fine was something like $20 but I paid $90 after fees and taxes, all permanently printed on the citation form.
November 14th, 2007 at 12:41 am
>>Ya know, they could just put some credit card readers in the police cars.
In the words of Airboss, “they might as well just stretch out a big net by the side of the road for you to throw your wallet into as your drive by.”