The US legal system now has little to do with Justice. Stay as far away as possible. The only hope is more jury nullification until things turn around.
I agree. Under Clinton/Reno, I called the Justice Dept. "The Armed Wing of the Democrat Party". Alas, it's more of the same with this administration, with maybe slightly different targets.
We rightly scream about trial lawyers, but they can't put us in jail or shoot us. The trial lawyers' alter image - politically ambitious prosecutors and Giuliani wannabes at Justice, are the immediate threat to our remaining liberties.
I've noticed that for awhile now. I'm reading Judge Napolitano's book Constitutional Chaos, and he's pretty much saying that too. Law enforcement officers often of complete disregard for other laws while pursing enforcement of their area of expertise, and too many judges don't seem to care about the rights of the accused.
Just on a small matter in a completely local case, my some was charged with disorderly conduct in a college town. In this case, he actually wasn't the culprit 0 he was singled out of a group. When his girlfriend spoke up for him, she too was cited. He did not plead guilty to the misdemeanor, and went to the District Magistrate to fight it. He brought 2 witnesses to speak for him. When his case came up, the police went first, and the DM listened attentively to everything they said. Then when it was my sons turn to defend himself, the DM started doing paperwork and talking to other people while my son was talking, and refused to let his witnesses speak. He was, of course, found guilty and had to pay the fine plus costs. He would have felt better if the DM had actually listened to the defense...
My point here being that regardless of the level (local, state or federal) we have far too many legal authorities who are more interested in getting along with their law enforcement buddies and not concerned enough about actual laws (which we have too many of anyway), justice, or the rights of the accused.