Thank you Glenn. This repaid my subscription a hundred times over.
I had an uneasy feeling about the Constitution and initially thought its weakness was the ability of Congress and the Executive to grow an unaccountable bureaucracy.
Then I began to realize that another Achille's Heel was the judiciary and its power over the Congress and President.
You posting here adds something much more insidious. The judiciary's immunity. Quis Custodiet ipsos Custodes. Who watches the watcher. The Constitution does not provide an answer.
I once supported the death penalty. No more. Thank goodness for the Innocence Project.
Minorities have been the greatest victims, and I mean victims, of the justice system. Compounded by "How much justice can you afford?"
Interesting podcast. Mr. Martens needs some work on his Hebrew of pickup a better translation of the Torah. Looking at a couple different translations and the actual Hebrew for Leviticus 19:18 it does not talk about justice it talks about not taking revenge. The quote is "Thou shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against their children love your neighbor as yourself.
My Hebrew is very rusty but you can have Mr. McWhorter check me if you're so inclined.
No prosecutors, like judges, enjoy absolute immunity along with other representatives of "the sovereign."
They can be sued, arrested, and removed from office. But the concept of immunity for actions carried out in the lawful performance of duty is absolutely critical unless you want nobody to be willing to be a prosecutor.
This guy (not Glenn, the man he interviewed who thinks he has a special line to God) worked fo the federal government, and unlike state DAs, was never elected.. Almost 2500 local chief prosecutors are elected and voters can remove them both in elections and recalls (as the citizens of SF recently did). But if every malcontent who was angry that they were prosecuted could personally sue the Deputy DA, the rule of law would not be worth the poweder to blow it to hell!
Yeah, that's how it works in theory. But prosecutors have budgets in the millions of dollars. If a prosecutor comes for you, what's YOUR budget for defending yourself?
Or perhaps, as long as they only come for someone else, not you, then you don't care?
And how much of that 2 million came out of your own pocket?
"A single murder defense costs that much." Who is paying?
Yes, there are prosecutions that cost millions. If it is merely in the hundreds of thousands, including staff hours, I fail to see any real distinction.
That's a great set-up for lawyers. Not good for taxpayers.
I realize the need for a judicial system and the lawyers who make it happen. But the system has become part of the administrative state. It's more concerned with its own needs and perpetuation than with being an effective third branch of government. If it makes you feel any better, I am not fan of the other two branches, either.
Thank you Glenn. This repaid my subscription a hundred times over.
I had an uneasy feeling about the Constitution and initially thought its weakness was the ability of Congress and the Executive to grow an unaccountable bureaucracy.
Then I began to realize that another Achille's Heel was the judiciary and its power over the Congress and President.
You posting here adds something much more insidious. The judiciary's immunity. Quis Custodiet ipsos Custodes. Who watches the watcher. The Constitution does not provide an answer.
I once supported the death penalty. No more. Thank goodness for the Innocence Project.
Minorities have been the greatest victims, and I mean victims, of the justice system. Compounded by "How much justice can you afford?"
Heaven help us.
Interesting podcast. Mr. Martens needs some work on his Hebrew of pickup a better translation of the Torah. Looking at a couple different translations and the actual Hebrew for Leviticus 19:18 it does not talk about justice it talks about not taking revenge. The quote is "Thou shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against their children love your neighbor as yourself.
My Hebrew is very rusty but you can have Mr. McWhorter check me if you're so inclined.
Here's my take, from a recent post:
https://sezwhom.substack.com/p/who-judges-the-judges
This is why "religious and moral" is such a critical concept in a free society. We are certaily feeling the lack thereof.
As usual, Glenn is totally right.
That’s insanity… prosecutors are immune?? that must be at the federal level
No prosecutors, like judges, enjoy absolute immunity along with other representatives of "the sovereign."
They can be sued, arrested, and removed from office. But the concept of immunity for actions carried out in the lawful performance of duty is absolutely critical unless you want nobody to be willing to be a prosecutor.
This guy (not Glenn, the man he interviewed who thinks he has a special line to God) worked fo the federal government, and unlike state DAs, was never elected.. Almost 2500 local chief prosecutors are elected and voters can remove them both in elections and recalls (as the citizens of SF recently did). But if every malcontent who was angry that they were prosecuted could personally sue the Deputy DA, the rule of law would not be worth the poweder to blow it to hell!
Yeah, that's how it works in theory. But prosecutors have budgets in the millions of dollars. If a prosecutor comes for you, what's YOUR budget for defending yourself?
Or perhaps, as long as they only come for someone else, not you, then you don't care?
Judge: In the case of the United States vs Joe Jones, Mr Jones how do you plead?
Mr Jones: Judge, I don't like the odds.
In what reality do prosecutors have “budgets of millions of dollars?”
I had 20 employees, handled 3000 cases a year on less than $2 million. A single murder defense cost that much.
Everyone ELSE is a victim, until it is someone you love.
And how much of that 2 million came out of your own pocket?
"A single murder defense costs that much." Who is paying?
Yes, there are prosecutions that cost millions. If it is merely in the hundreds of thousands, including staff hours, I fail to see any real distinction.
Taxpayers pay for virtually all prosecution and all public defense.
I suspected as much.
That's a great set-up for lawyers. Not good for taxpayers.
I realize the need for a judicial system and the lawyers who make it happen. But the system has become part of the administrative state. It's more concerned with its own needs and perpetuation than with being an effective third branch of government. If it makes you feel any better, I am not fan of the other two branches, either.