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2016-11-15 -Lurid Crime Tales-

DOJ sez Virginia driver's license suspension law unconstitutional

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-11-15 09:01|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 The DOJ said an automatic suspension of driver’s licenses for failure to pay fines or fees does not advance a state’s inherent interest in promoting public safety

Run that by me again please.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-11-15 09:12|| 2016-11-15 09:12|| Front Page Top

#2 So a Driver's License is another of the inalienable rights?

Posted by Glenmore 2016-11-15 11:16|| 2016-11-15 11:16|| Front Page Top

#3 So DoJ is saying auto insurance is also optional if you can't afford it?

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-11-15 11:27|| 2016-11-15 11:27|| Front Page Top

#4 When I was sixteen years old here in California and trying to get a drivers license all the grown ups kept drumming it into my head that driving is a privilege that can always be revoked for any transgression, not a right. How things have changed! But what does Baraq's DOJ have to say about it anyway? Why is this case not being decided by the courts?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-11-15 12:04|| 2016-11-15 12:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes, driving is a privilege, not a right, but suspend a poor person's license and he won't be able to get to work. At that point, it's game over -- job lost, apartment lost, thrown in jail. I'd rather see some sort of work program instituted, say ten hours a week sweeping the streets at the equivalent of minimum wage until the debt is paid off. In the end the community and the individual will be better off, instead of both losing.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-11-15 18:51|| 2016-11-15 18:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Still, why is this not decided in the courts?

Posted by Pappy 2016-11-15 20:18|| 2016-11-15 20:18|| Front Page Top

#7 "I'd rather see some sort of work program instituted"

Virginia, where the suit is filed, has provisions for payment plans and (some sort of, I think) work program, but most courts don't tell the driver about them (and most drivers up on traffic charges don't bring a lawyer, even if they can afford one).

On the other hand, some of these people have 10 or 20 (or more!) different convictions in multiple courts around the Commonwealth (not including those for driving on a suspended license).

Posted by Barbara 2016-11-15 20:44|| 2016-11-15 20:44|| Front Page Top

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