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Think again. Here's a judge in America removing the rights of a parent and the country says nothing.

A Cook County judge has ruled that a Chicago mother cannot see her child until she is vaccinated for COVID-19. Cook County Judge James Shapiro stripped Rebecca Firlit of her parental rights at a child support hearing. Firlit is now appealing the court order, saying the judge has no business taking away her parenting rights over vaccination status.

Flirit appeared in court via Zoom along with her ex-husband for a child support hearing involving their 11-year-old son on August 10. Unprompted, Shapiro asked whether or not Flirit had been vaccinated. The mother told him that she had not due to a history of adverse reactions to vaccines. Shapiro then ordered that Firlit be stripped of all parenting time with her son until she gets vaccinated.

Since the ruling, Flirit has been able to talk to her son through video calls but has not seen him in person. “I miss my son more than anything. It’s been very difficult. I haven’t seen him since August 10th,” Firlit told FOX 32. “I think that it’s wrong. I think that it’s dividing families. And I think it’s not in my son’s best interest to be away from his mother.”

Firlit is now appealing the court order, saying the judge has no business taking away her parenting rights simply because she has not been vaccinated. “It had nothing to do with what we were talking about. He was placing his views on me. And taking my son away from me,” Firlit said. Her attorney, Annette Fernholz, says Shapiro has overstepped his authority. According to Fernhold, the child’s father had not even raised the issue with the court.

“In this case you have a judge, without any matter before him regarding the parenting time with the child deciding ‘Oh, you’re not vaccinated. You don’t get to see your child until you are vaccinated.’ That kind of exceeds his jurisdiction,” Fernholz said. “You have to understand the father did not even bring this issue before the court. So it’s the judge on his own and making this decision that you can’t see your child until you’re vaccinated,” she added.

The attorney representing the father, Jeffrey Leving, says they were surprised by the judge’s decision. He did add that they support the ruling, however. “There are children who have died because of COVID. I think every child should be safe. And I agree that the mother should be vaccinated,” Leving said. He added that the judge could be “breaking new ground” in future custody cases. No timetable has been given for a ruling on the appeal.

>Think again. Here's a judge in America removing the rights of a parent and the country says nothing. A Cook County judge has ruled that a Chicago mother cannot see her child until she is vaccinated for COVID-19. Cook County Judge James Shapiro stripped Rebecca Firlit of her parental rights at a child support hearing. Firlit is now appealing the court order, saying the judge has no business taking away her parenting rights over vaccination status. Flirit appeared in court via Zoom along with her ex-husband for a child support hearing involving their 11-year-old son on August 10. Unprompted, Shapiro asked whether or not Flirit had been vaccinated. The mother told him that she had not due to a history of adverse reactions to vaccines. Shapiro then ordered that Firlit be stripped of all parenting time with her son until she gets vaccinated. Since the ruling, Flirit has been able to talk to her son through video calls but has not seen him in person. “I miss my son more than anything. It’s been very difficult. I haven’t seen him since August 10th,” Firlit told FOX 32. “I think that it’s wrong. I think that it’s dividing families. And I think it’s not in my son’s best interest to be away from his mother.” Firlit is now appealing the court order, saying the judge has no business taking away her parenting rights simply because she has not been vaccinated. “It had nothing to do with what we were talking about. He was placing his views on me. And taking my son away from me,” Firlit said. Her attorney, Annette Fernholz, says Shapiro has overstepped his authority. According to Fernhold, the child’s father had not even raised the issue with the court. “In this case you have a judge, without any matter before him regarding the parenting time with the child deciding ‘Oh, you’re not vaccinated. You don’t get to see your child until you are vaccinated.’ That kind of exceeds his jurisdiction,” Fernholz said. “You have to understand the father did not even bring this issue before the court. So it’s the judge on his own and making this decision that you can’t see your child until you’re vaccinated,” she added. The attorney representing the father, Jeffrey Leving, says they were surprised by the judge’s decision. He did add that they support the ruling, however. “There are children who have died because of COVID. I think every child should be safe. And I agree that the mother should be vaccinated,” Leving said. He added that the judge could be “breaking new ground” in future custody cases. No timetable has been given for a ruling on the appeal.

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Nobody has constitutional rights. You have unalienable rights bestowed upon you by the creator at birth. The constitution restricts the government from infringing upon these natural rights.

It’s a piece of paper that you need to defend. It doesn’t defend you.

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It’s a piece of paper that you need to defend. It doesn’t defend you.

Spot on!

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Brilliant!

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Pass it on when you see people spouting off about their constitutional rights, it’s a huge pet peeve of mine lol. I’ve been telling people for years and get one or two a month.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

The long train of abuses that follows and they list* looks like child play compared to who we’re dealing with.