Words mean things.
Superior court has a definite meaning, that you cannot just fluff off.
Civil trials are not prosecuted by a government lawyer Einstein.
Superior court has a definite meaning, that you cannot just fluff off.
Yes it does. But in this case it makes no difference, since all those "Superior Courts" are referred to as "inferior courts" in Article III.
So I used the wrong word. Big deal.
Your claim remains false. Juries do not judge the law.
Civil trials are not prosecuted by a government lawyer Einstein.
Big deal.
The bigger issue is the Constitution taken as a whole.
Three of the fundamental principles established in the Constitution are directly attacked by the principle of jury nullification:
1) Elected, representative government Those in power are there because a majority of the people PUT them in power, or they were appointed by those who were, in accordance with the Constitution. The people can REMOVE them from power. By contrast, the people have NO control over who sits on a jury, and at least one side of the court responsible for selecting a jury is unelected.
2) Equal Protection The law should be applied equally to everyone, regardless of their circumstances. It should be applied based on the proven facts of the case and the established law, not the proclivities of the jury. This is, of course, an ideal that is not always reached, but jury nullification explicitly violates it. The law and the facts are irrelevant to that jury.
3) The Rule of Law This is what made the US different from every other country at its founding. The Law is supreme, not any person or group of people. Every person, of any station or position, should be held to the same written law.
You shouldn't mock the intelligence of another unless you know you're right...which you aren't.
Every day in America, in courtrooms all across the country, civil trials are ongoing where one of the litigants - and in many cases the plaintiff - is the government - local government, state government and federal government.
In fact, civil litigation is so plentiful in the federal government, the Department of Justice has an entire division - The Civil Division - that does nothing but civil litigation. And, with tremendous frequency, it is in fact the government that is the plaintiff in such litigation, and not the defendant.
Food for thought.