Frozen Trucker case - Revision history

Mr. Nationalist at 22:24, September 16, 2020

2020-09-16T22:24:37Z

Mr. Nationalist: Fixed grammar.

2020-09-04T19:40:25Z

Fixed grammar.

Ed Poor: when a judge disagrees with the others on a panel, it's called "dissent"?

2017-06-28T12:51:10Z

when a judge disagrees with the others on a panel, it's called "dissent"?

Ed Poor: related to Neil Gorsuch's dissent

2017-06-28T12:50:00Z

related to Neil Gorsuch's dissent

Ed Poor: related to Neil Gorsuch's dissent

2017-06-28T12:47:47Z

related to Neil Gorsuch's dissent

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'''The Case of the Frozen Trucker''' is not a Sherlock Holmes or Perry Mason story, but an example of an judge refusing to legislate from the bench (see [[Judicial activism]]).
A rookie trucker whose rig had broken down was stuck in subzero weather and told to remain with his rig until help arrived. The driver reportedly fell asleep in the truck's unheated cabin with only a blanket to keep warm. After nearly three hours, he woke up with parts of his body numb from the cold. Refusing company orders, he unhooked his trailer and drove to gas station. He was fired ("abandoning his load" had something to do with it), but seven years later an appellate court decided in his favor and awarded him back pay and reinstatement. [[Neil Gorsuch]] disagreed, arguing, "Our only task is to decide if it was an illegal one [and] the law before us protects only employees who refuse to operate vehicles, period." <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/mar/23/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-frozen-trucker-alphonse-maddin When Neil Gorsuch put corporate interests over a man freezing to death] - ''The Guardian'' - 23 March 2017</ref>

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−	'''The Case of the Frozen Trucker''' is not a Sherlock Holmes or Perry Mason story, but an example of a judge refusing to legislate from the bench (see [[Judicial activism]]).	+	'''The Case of the Frozen Trucker''' is not a [[Sherlock Holmes]] or Perry Mason story, but an example of a judge refusing to legislate from the bench (see [[Judicial activism]]).
	A rookie trucker whose rig had broken down was stuck in subzero weather and told to remain with his rig until help arrived. The driver reportedly fell asleep in the truck's unheated cabin with only a blanket to keep warm. After nearly three hours, he woke up with parts of his body numb from the cold. Refusing company orders, he unhooked his trailer and drove to gas station. He was fired ("abandoning his load" had something to do with it), but seven years later an appellate court decided in his favor and awarded him back pay and reinstatement. [[Neil Gorsuch]] dissented, arguing, "Our only task is to decide if it was an illegal one [and] the law before us protects only employees who refuse to operate vehicles, period." <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/mar/23/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-frozen-trucker-alphonse-maddin When Neil Gorsuch put corporate interests over a man freezing to death] - ''The Guardian'' - 23 March 2017</ref>		A rookie trucker whose rig had broken down was stuck in subzero weather and told to remain with his rig until help arrived. The driver reportedly fell asleep in the truck's unheated cabin with only a blanket to keep warm. After nearly three hours, he woke up with parts of his body numb from the cold. Refusing company orders, he unhooked his trailer and drove to gas station. He was fired ("abandoning his load" had something to do with it), but seven years later an appellate court decided in his favor and awarded him back pay and reinstatement. [[Neil Gorsuch]] dissented, arguing, "Our only task is to decide if it was an illegal one [and] the law before us protects only employees who refuse to operate vehicles, period." <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/mar/23/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-frozen-trucker-alphonse-maddin When Neil Gorsuch put corporate interests over a man freezing to death] - ''The Guardian'' - 23 March 2017</ref>

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−	'''The Case of the Frozen Trucker''' is not a Sherlock Holmes or Perry Mason story, but an example of an judge refusing to legislate from the bench (see [[Judicial activism]]).	+	'''The Case of the Frozen Trucker''' is not a Sherlock Holmes or Perry Mason story, but an example of a judge refusing to legislate from the bench (see [[Judicial activism]]).
	A rookie trucker whose rig had broken down was stuck in subzero weather and told to remain with his rig until help arrived. The driver reportedly fell asleep in the truck's unheated cabin with only a blanket to keep warm. After nearly three hours, he woke up with parts of his body numb from the cold. Refusing company orders, he unhooked his trailer and drove to gas station. He was fired ("abandoning his load" had something to do with it), but seven years later an appellate court decided in his favor and awarded him back pay and reinstatement. [[Neil Gorsuch]] dissented, arguing, "Our only task is to decide if it was an illegal one [and] the law before us protects only employees who refuse to operate vehicles, period." <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/mar/23/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-frozen-trucker-alphonse-maddin When Neil Gorsuch put corporate interests over a man freezing to death] - ''The Guardian'' - 23 March 2017</ref>		A rookie trucker whose rig had broken down was stuck in subzero weather and told to remain with his rig until help arrived. The driver reportedly fell asleep in the truck's unheated cabin with only a blanket to keep warm. After nearly three hours, he woke up with parts of his body numb from the cold. Refusing company orders, he unhooked his trailer and drove to gas station. He was fired ("abandoning his load" had something to do with it), but seven years later an appellate court decided in his favor and awarded him back pay and reinstatement. [[Neil Gorsuch]] dissented, arguing, "Our only task is to decide if it was an illegal one [and] the law before us protects only employees who refuse to operate vehicles, period." <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/mar/23/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-frozen-trucker-alphonse-maddin When Neil Gorsuch put corporate interests over a man freezing to death] - ''The Guardian'' - 23 March 2017</ref>

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 '''The Case of the Frozen Trucker''' is not a Sherlock Holmes or Perry Mason story, but an example of an judge refusing to legislate from the bench (see [[Judicial activism]]).
-A rookie trucker whose rig had broken down was stuck in subzero weather and told to remain with his rig until help arrived. The driver reportedly fell asleep in the truck's unheated cabin with only a blanket to keep warm. After nearly three hours, he woke up with parts of his body numb from the cold. Refusing company orders, he unhooked his trailer and drove to gas station. He was fired ("abandoning his load" had something to do with it), but seven years later an appellate court decided in his favor and awarded him back pay and reinstatement. [[Neil Gorsuch]] disagreed, arguing, "Our only task is to decide if it was an illegal one [and] the law before us protects only employees who refuse to operate vehicles, period." <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/mar/23/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-frozen-trucker-alphonse-maddin When Neil Gorsuch put corporate interests over a man freezing to death] - ''The Guardian'' - 23 March 2017</ref>
+A rookie trucker whose rig had broken down was stuck in subzero weather and told to remain with his rig until help arrived. The driver reportedly fell asleep in the truck's unheated cabin with only a blanket to keep warm. After nearly three hours, he woke up with parts of his body numb from the cold. Refusing company orders, he unhooked his trailer and drove to gas station. He was fired ("abandoning his load" had something to do with it), but seven years later an appellate court decided in his favor and awarded him back pay and reinstatement. [[Neil Gorsuch]] dissented, arguing, "Our only task is to decide if it was an illegal one [and] the law before us protects only employees who refuse to operate vehicles, period." <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/mar/23/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-frozen-trucker-alphonse-maddin When Neil Gorsuch put corporate interests over a man freezing to death] - ''The Guardian'' - 23 March 2017</ref>
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