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Feb. 26, 2021
A client’s crisis becomes a legal crisis: A domestic violence ruling goes global
In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a vexing decision in Castle Rock v. Gonzales. There, the court found that a domestic violence victim had no right to the enforcement of her restraining order against her abuser and that the police therefore had no constitutional duty to enforce the order under the Fourteenth Amendment.
In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a vexing decision in Castle Rock v. Gonzales. There, the court found that a domestic violence victim had no right to the enforcement of her restraining order against her abuser and that the police therefore had no constitutional duty to enforce the order under the Fourteenth Amendment. The case involved a tragic set of facts: six years earlier, Jessica Gonzales's three daughters were...
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