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| Of Brilliant Political Foresight and Contemporary Ideological Myopia. Part 2 |
| Friday, June 10, 2005 |
| RIGHT MYOPIC IDEOLOGUES
Many people of the "right" persuasion are staunch advocates of the all of the amendments except for the fifth, the right to "due process".
In their feverish desire for quick and swift justice, they are impatient with the justice system and its "seemed" imperfections.
For example: Many on the right lauded and supported the "anti-racketeering" (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO)) Act. The act made provision to circumvent issues of due process under defined circumstances, and gave the government and legal system more power than it should have.
One of the first applications of the new "short cut" was leveled at...Abortion protestors! One of the first indictments was against Operation Rescue and the Pro-Life Action League -- as well as three of the league's top leaders.
The first to yell "foul play" was the right, but they had gotten what they wanted--even if it was used against them.
Their failure was to understand that the fifth amendment guarantees the remainder. Like the Left myopics, right ideologues are often willing to dismiss or even try to change individual amendments because of fear and distrust
The natural progression of circumventing the fifth is as follows:
1. Eliminate due process
2. Reinterpret law
3. Get thrown in jail for anything the government or its leaders want.
Its called the Bill of Rights, people, and all parts of it need to stand united or all of it will fail.
Guard it well, every bit, or your children won't have any of it. |
posted by Jack Mercer @ 6/10/2005 09:08:00 AM   |
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I'm all for due process, but it would be nice if the court system was pruned back a bit in order to ensure a crucial element of due process: the right to an expeditious trial. Surely it's not unreasonable to ask that a defendant should be either sentenced or released within a year, instead of drawing it out in some cases for more than a decade.
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I agree, Fly! This was part 2. I felt I had to hit the right after hitting the left (several posts below) just to be "fair and balanced" :)
Hope the exams went well.
Take care,
-Jack
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I'm all for due process, but it would be nice if the court system was pruned back a bit in order to ensure a crucial element of due process: the right to an expeditious trial. Surely it's not unreasonable to ask that a defendant should be either sentenced or released within a year, instead of drawing it out in some cases for more than a decade.