Q: What is a writ of mandamus? Is it used to force the court to acknowledge fraud or constitutional rights violations?
Let’s say a legal dictatorship is occurring. Many people are experience the same thing. I want to force the court to acknowledge their abuse, prejudice, and criminal activities. Within their abuse, they violated my constitutional rights and prejudiced against me criminally. My time limits for a regular appeal has passed. Is this extraordinary writ, to force the court to correct their slanderous abuse of power, the proper call for this belligerency?
A: No, it's a writ to force a lower court to do what it's supposed to do. It's not a substitute for an appeal. Its rarely used.
A: Or to require a government official to do, or not do, something according to the mandate of the law (hence the same root word). "From Latin mandāmus (“we command”)." https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandamus
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