In the latest chapter of news you couldn’t make up, a municipal judge in Corpus Christi, Texas, has been found to not be an American citizen.
Judge Young Min Burkett has been placed on unpaid suspension while city authorities try to sort out how this all happened. One of the requirements for the position is that the holder must be a U.S. citizen.
A native of South Korea, Mrs. Burkett is a legal permanent resident, status she received in 2007. She began her judgeship in March, 2015.
Municipal court judges typically handle violations of local ordinances, small claims proceedings, misdemeanor hearings and some limited criminal matters. Each state can set the parameters of what municipal courts handle. In some locales, they’re called magistrates.
Find out how Judge Burkett managed to get her seat and what the city of Corpus Christi intends to do now about the matter. Details are spelled out on the next page.
This judge knows the law and yet she choose to ignore the loophole on the paperwork.
She’s not even a U.S. Citizen? How does she get to judge someone’s fate?? SMFH
So how did she supply her SS card ?
A permanent resident gets an SSI number when they apply for it. Citizenship is not a requirement.
You need a SS card to get any job and pay taxes. What did she show them ?
How about that? No surprise here.
TAX IDENTIFICATION there are numbers that businesses and non citizens can be supplied with that allow them to pay applicable payroll taxes. For most people, AKA us citizens that is thier social security number.
Deport her
I would expect someone who is a judge to be familiar with such legal requirements. Particularly since she studied law and subsequent prospective employment in the judiciary should have prompted her to ask and learn what the qualification criteria is.
HANG THIS POS !!!!!!
How does his$#%&!@*happen in our government ?