The article is here, upholding the Crawford decision written by the late Justice Scalia. Crawford significantly strengthened the right to face one's accusers and this is a good decision, the government's attempt to unwind this failed and that's a good thing. For a...
Month: January 2022
Month: January 2022
Martin Luther King And The Ethics Of Resisting Authority
I know its sometime after MLK day, but the article is interesting, nonetheless. I knew a judge (since retired) that espoused the opposite belief: that unjust laws should be zealously adhered to as way of forcing change. I don't think you can fix injustice by being...
Financial Incentives Create Perversions Of Justice
The ability to levy fines against ordinary citizens provides an incentive to both find wrongdoing (whether it exists or not) and to create more laws to enforce penalties. It is the "profit motive" of some law enforcement. The unfortunate reality is that those least...