I've had a mental tick nibbling at my thought processes for some time. It started back in 2017 when Donald Trump, as president, issued an executive order barring people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, and Syria from entering the country. It was an attempt to use foreign affairs policy to keep terrorists out of the country. Derrick Watson, a low level district judge in Hawaii, ruled against the action, and for a while a Hawaiian judge was in charge of the foreign policy of the United States rather than the President. I remember thinking at the time: "Why are we listening to these people?". Since that time this nibbling question has surfaced over and over again in venues both near and far.
In the near venue the killer of Michael Duran (Roundup Record Tribune May 10, 2023) has never been prosecuted. The reasons seem to be tied up with a stand your ground policy along with a Yellowstone County DA's office that seems unwilling to explain a lack of action. Why do we listen to these people?
In the far venue on July 22, 2022 a Massachusetts couple, Josh Sabey and Sarah Perkins, had 2 children removed for 4 months based on the accusation of an eager social worker and a doctor who found a cracked and healed rib on one child's ribcage. Happily this couple had enough money to win their children back but it still raises the question: Is the system turning out children who are well balanced, productive members of the community? The Legal Industry (the Social Workers, the Sheriffs, the Judges, the expert witnesses, etc.) tears apart families and says "We are in control of this child, not you". Has the Legal Industry ever followed up on these cases or taken responsibility for the raising of the child? Why are we listening to these people?
In the near venue Missoula Judge Donald Molloy has ruled against an expansion of Signal Peak Mine (RRT: Mar 8, 2023, Mar 15, 2023, Mar 22, 2023, Apr 12, 2023, Apr 19, 2023) and in favor of the Northern Plains Resource Council and the Montana Environmental Information Center supporting a rancher named Steve Charter. In reading all the claims and counterclaims published here, I did get the feeling that I would like to see Mr. Charter's side of the dispute, in his own words and not coached by a lawyer. I would like to strive towards the substance of objectivity, not just the image of it. As it stands now, in reading the credulity inducing missive of the NPRC and the reply of the voluble viper at the MEIC, I am starting to lean towards the idea that judge shopping was involved inside a national campaign to exterminate coal as an energy source from America. Maybe irate ranchers and "compliant" judges are just tools towards an end that doesn't involve compromise or even a decent understanding of the issues involved. Why are we listening to these people?
In the far venue again, Donald Trump (who seems to be at the leading edge of legal attacks) has lost a NY rape case where the statute of limitations had run out and then been reinstated to perpetuity. Evidence in the victim's favor had been lost thirty years ago and so Trump was convicted on accusation alone. If the trend continues, Zooey Zephyr could sue Greg Gianforte in a NY court for raping Zooey 55 years ago and win on the accusation alone. Why are we listening to these people?
These examples could go on almost indefinitely but you get the idea. I've noticed that many of the attacks on our national stage are coming from the Legal Industry, leading me to think that the people dreaming this stuff up are lawyers. The Durham report saying that the FBI and the DOJ were not objective but instead corrupt to the bone is just another signpost along the path to a nationwide takedown of the legal system from the inside. The Legal Industry has been moving away from the source of law: the 10 commandments, the law of Moses, even the teachings of Jesus. The Law is turning ephemeral, something dribbling out of the mouth of a lawyer in the now, without regard for precedent or consequences. If the law enforcement badge becomes dishonorable then the law enforcement gun isn't going to solve all the remaining problems. If the goal of these legal flips is to align me with the far left civil rights activists in saying that "The Man" is not honorable, then it's working. Why are we listening to these people?
I get the feeling that these Pettifoggers for Petty Cash believe that they can do this because we are in a time that has never happened before. As someone smarter than I reminded me years ago, the reason the Bible is still relevant in today's world is because in thousands of years the character of humans has never changed. There is a book in the bible about the defenders of the Hebrews and how every time the people would get off track, God would send some courageous person to free everyone from bondage. Unfortunately as the book progresses, the defenders themselves get more off center and corruptible. Not only are the people getting further and further away from the 10 Commandments but the defenders sent to save them are too. The book ends with a civil war, a mandated violation of people's daughters, and the words: "every man did that which was right in his own eyes". In his infinite wisdom God has named the book: Judges.
Robert Wayman
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