No, its called due process. Without it all you have is the powerful dictating who lives and who dies, based on their own self interests. Our founding fathers understood that. Its a shame that ignorance has spread to the extent that the basics of justice are no longer understood by so many.
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I hate to disparage your somewhat naive, idealistic remarks, because I DO appreciate the sentiment behind them, but the irony and lack of awareness of your second sentence is rather astounding. Unfortunately, we are already quite there, and have been for some time; certainly NOT what the founders intended, but here we are. The powerful indeed dictate who lives, who dies, and who should suffer justice depending on social stratus and income. All based entirely on their self interests.
It is the ultimate reason we are here, posting on this board in the first place.
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I have been an attorney for over 20 years. To hear you state that I am naive, as to the current state of our judicial system is rather absurd. I have forgotten more than you will ever know. Its also worth pointing out that a large number of the framers of our Constitution, were themselves attorneys. The Bill of Rights is not some idealistic mumbo jumbo, rather it is all that stands between us and the power of the state. Lawyers fight for those rights everyday. It is the politicians who are constantly eroding them and passing unconstitutional laws.
The Supreme Court is NOT full of brilliant attorneys, selected by other attorneys. They are themselves politicians in robes, selected by the political class. Dont let the law degree fool you. Most attorneys I know have contempt for the quality of judges we have today. That is why we are here today. You can choose to believe otherwise if you wish.