On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, Robert C. Cumbow <rcumbow[_at_]grahamdunn.com> wrote:
>
> The flexibility inherent in a common law system of justice
> like the one Americans inherited from the British is precisely
> what separates a free people from an autocracy.
True enough, but it also leads to abuses, which I submit are now the rule and not the exception. Because of this "flexibility" there are two sets of laws in the U.S. One for the rich and powerful and another for everybody else. Consider how Microsoft was caught using fraudulent evidence in the anti-trust trial and the judge did nothing. Were a small company and/or law firm to perpetrate such a fraud on the court the lawyers would be in big disciplinary trouble and a default judgment granted.
The federal courts system is full of judges who sold their souls to be appointed to the bench and who continue to serve their corporate masters until they retire. I know that sounds bad but I see it every day and, for the life of me, can't understand why they do it.
Nick Zales
Zales Law Office
Milwaukee, WI
<zales[_at_]execpc.com>
Received on Mon Jul 19 1999 - 18:15:18 GMT
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