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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI roll my eyes every time I hear/read "Nation of laws/rule of law" from those
best able to make it so, whether it be a prosecutor in front of a grand jury seeking an indictment against a potentially murderous cop or the POTUS and his AG who have no substantial guilt-establishment burdens to overcome.
Which of those two is most likely to be making the "rule of law" utterance going froward, and has done so with the highest frequency in the past?
And if you're gonna give the POTUS/AG a pass in the form of a lack of condemnation for their lack of prosecuting, shouldn't the same be done for the prosecutor that never put the murdering white cop on the hook? It seems to me that their respective sins are largely the same in principle and practice -- a a willful and knowing denial of justice to the victims.
Of course both could ultimately be all my fault for not having been vociferous enough in my condemnations of the two-plus-tier criminal justice system in this country, or for not having come up with the method and means by which prosecutors can be made to eat their discretion in such matters, but I promise to keep working on both....
SamKnause
(13,108 posts)when I hear;
'first and foremost we are a nation of laws'
'the law of the land'
'the rule of law'
'no one is above the law'
'with liberty and justice for all'
'land of the free home of the brave'
'referring to the United States as exceptional'
'we are a Christian nation'.
NONE of these things are TRUE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
randome
(34,845 posts)America has never been perfect but it's still miles above genital mutilation and random beheadings.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]All things in moderation, including moderation.[/center][/font][hr]
stupidicus
(2,570 posts)the lack of any prosecutions over the torture is exactly the kinda "freedom" those "terrorists" hate us for.