The Betrayal of Law.
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Friedrich
Jun 29, 2012, 2:47:36 PM6/29/12
to Juan Galis-Menendez
June 29, 2012 at 2:10 P.M. I have yet to read the U.S. Supreme Court's
decision upholding, at least in part, the Obama Health Care Law. On
the basis of news accounts, this seems like a good decision reflecting
Chief Justice Roberts' recognition, I believe, that the Court must not
be perceived as politically partisan or motivated, together with his
effort to balance the scales by granting one to the liberals. Justice
Scalia must be furious.
The swing vote on the Court is usually Justice Kennedy's
"concurrance." Perhaps, in the future, Chief Justice Roberts will more
often side with the forces of "goodness and light" in the form of the
liberal justices on the Court.
Jimmy Carter, "A Cruel and Unusual Record," in "The New York Times,"
June 25, 2012, at p. A19.
Linda Moss & Kathleen Lynn, "Roche Closing N.J. Plant: Drug Sector
Loses 1,000 More Jobs," in "The Record," June 27, 2012, at p. A-1.
More employers have been driven away from Clifton and other towns in
New Jersey by organized crime, corruption, high taxes, legal
ineptitude, inadequate infrastructure, and even worse difficulties for
businesses. Additional job losses are expected this Summer in New
Jersey.
During a week when the Attorney General of the United States of
America, Eric Holder, is facing contempt of Congress charges for
withholding discoverable material (something which is routine for the
OAE in New Jersey!), the national commitment to and understanding of
the rule of law has become suspect and is subject to challenge. ("New
Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" and "New Jersey's Office of Attorney
Ethics" then "Jennifer Velez is a Dyke Magnet!")
The perception in the world is that U.S. talk of "legality" is a
hypocritical lie: "The United States is abandoning its role as global
champion of human rights."
"Revelations that top officials are targeting people to be
assassinated abroad, including American citizens, are only the most
recent, disturbing proof of how far our nation's violations of human
rights have extended."
These words were written by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who is
also a Nobel Prize winner (2005):
"Recent legislation has made legal the president's right to detain a
person indefinitely on SUSPICION of affiliation with terrorist
organizations. ..." (emphasis added!)
Americans are being targeted for assassination without judicial
proceedings or (in the opinion of most legal experts) anything that
can be called "due process of law" as required by the Constitution. No
one seems to care much about this and the media remains docile. What
happened to the independent press in America? 9/11?
Many of us who are dark-skinned or "ethnic" are also subjected to
"stop and frisk" detentions, sometimes for hours, monitored or
censored and prevented from speaking based on our opinions, or -- like
me -- also plagiarized, subjected to cybercrime, assaults, or worse,
based on our "controversial" statements, or for any or no reason that
is ever communicated to us. Others may be stolen-from with impunity,
tortured or raped in prisons and jails. ("Albert Florence and American
Racism" and "Psychological Torture in the American Legal System" then
"Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of
Torture" and "America's Holocaust.")
Like the robot bomb campaign, mindless "get tough" policies have been
counter-productive, turning people against the U.S. by creating
enemies where we should find friends. Hostility to Americans is on the
rise in many parts of the world, not just the Middle East. ("A Report
Card For Barack Obama" and "Havana Nights and C.I.A. Tapes.")
As in New Jersey, where courts and the legal establishment have
negated legal ethics and come to symbolize the Garden state's
appalling corruption, so the U.S. -- which, essentially, created the
modern system of international law after World War, II -- is now the
symbol of international illegality, or even criminality, for millions
or billions of people in the world. In the closing words of former
President Carter:
"At a time when popular revolutions are sweeping the globe, the United
States should be strengthening, not weakening, basic rules of law and
principles of justice enumerated in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights. But instead of making the world safer, America's violation of
international human rights abets our enemies and alienates our
friends."
decision upholding, at least in part, the Obama Health Care Law. On
the basis of news accounts, this seems like a good decision reflecting
Chief Justice Roberts' recognition, I believe, that the Court must not
be perceived as politically partisan or motivated, together with his
effort to balance the scales by granting one to the liberals. Justice
Scalia must be furious.
The swing vote on the Court is usually Justice Kennedy's
"concurrance." Perhaps, in the future, Chief Justice Roberts will more
often side with the forces of "goodness and light" in the form of the
liberal justices on the Court.
Jimmy Carter, "A Cruel and Unusual Record," in "The New York Times,"
June 25, 2012, at p. A19.
Linda Moss & Kathleen Lynn, "Roche Closing N.J. Plant: Drug Sector
Loses 1,000 More Jobs," in "The Record," June 27, 2012, at p. A-1.
More employers have been driven away from Clifton and other towns in
New Jersey by organized crime, corruption, high taxes, legal
ineptitude, inadequate infrastructure, and even worse difficulties for
businesses. Additional job losses are expected this Summer in New
Jersey.
During a week when the Attorney General of the United States of
America, Eric Holder, is facing contempt of Congress charges for
withholding discoverable material (something which is routine for the
OAE in New Jersey!), the national commitment to and understanding of
the rule of law has become suspect and is subject to challenge. ("New
Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" and "New Jersey's Office of Attorney
Ethics" then "Jennifer Velez is a Dyke Magnet!")
The perception in the world is that U.S. talk of "legality" is a
hypocritical lie: "The United States is abandoning its role as global
champion of human rights."
"Revelations that top officials are targeting people to be
assassinated abroad, including American citizens, are only the most
recent, disturbing proof of how far our nation's violations of human
rights have extended."
These words were written by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who is
also a Nobel Prize winner (2005):
"Recent legislation has made legal the president's right to detain a
person indefinitely on SUSPICION of affiliation with terrorist
organizations. ..." (emphasis added!)
Americans are being targeted for assassination without judicial
proceedings or (in the opinion of most legal experts) anything that
can be called "due process of law" as required by the Constitution. No
one seems to care much about this and the media remains docile. What
happened to the independent press in America? 9/11?
Many of us who are dark-skinned or "ethnic" are also subjected to
"stop and frisk" detentions, sometimes for hours, monitored or
censored and prevented from speaking based on our opinions, or -- like
me -- also plagiarized, subjected to cybercrime, assaults, or worse,
based on our "controversial" statements, or for any or no reason that
is ever communicated to us. Others may be stolen-from with impunity,
tortured or raped in prisons and jails. ("Albert Florence and American
Racism" and "Psychological Torture in the American Legal System" then
"Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of
Torture" and "America's Holocaust.")
Like the robot bomb campaign, mindless "get tough" policies have been
counter-productive, turning people against the U.S. by creating
enemies where we should find friends. Hostility to Americans is on the
rise in many parts of the world, not just the Middle East. ("A Report
Card For Barack Obama" and "Havana Nights and C.I.A. Tapes.")
As in New Jersey, where courts and the legal establishment have
negated legal ethics and come to symbolize the Garden state's
appalling corruption, so the U.S. -- which, essentially, created the
modern system of international law after World War, II -- is now the
symbol of international illegality, or even criminality, for millions
or billions of people in the world. In the closing words of former
President Carter:
"At a time when popular revolutions are sweeping the globe, the United
States should be strengthening, not weakening, basic rules of law and
principles of justice enumerated in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights. But instead of making the world safer, America's violation of
international human rights abets our enemies and alienates our
friends."
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