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Capital punishment: Why death doesnt equal justice

… believable remorse and pays for his or her crime through service to other criminals and to the world at large. In order for justice to be served, a criminal must pay for the crime. The injection of some chemicals and a rapid death is not paying for …

Critique of Americas justice system – Part 16

… be a peaceful; tranquil place to reside. Our legal system would be comparable to that of what is portrayed on television. Justice would be served in a timely manner. Like what is depicted on television, the good guys always catch the bad guys. …

Critique of Americas justice system – Part 8

… for secret detentions, spying on innocent Americans, and many other intrusions of civil liberties.

We can criticize the US justice system at lower levels, too. Judges are usually well-trained and well-intentioned, but they are overworked, …

Who should pay the high cost of new drugs: Patients or governments? – Part 2

… more efficiently. UPS is a perfect example. The United States Postal Service took millions upon millions of dollars of government money to work on developing an overnight postal delivery service only to come back later and say it was impossible. …

How breaking the law has become more acceptable in contemporary America

… we didn’t come in contact with them much. Recent studies in the US have shown that 90 percent of people today break laws frequently and without twinges of conscience. Most violations are minor, but they make laws in general seem like a social evil …

Americans losing faith in government – Part 3

… ad infinitum.

Problem is where in the Constitution does it say; other than interstate commerce is the Federal Government suppose to be in all of these different agendas, that by the Constitution are left to the States or people. Like …

Critique of Americas justice system – Part 20

… years, not unlike the terrible twos, and long before Hammurabi’s code, people were left to their own devices to mete out justice. A personal sense of “vengeance in the eyes of the victim” was the rule of law and might was right. The hierarchy was …

Assessing the US governments stance on UFOs

… sightings, make the sighters look silly, and there will be no widespread fear or loss of confidence in the US government to protect us.

(If you find it hard to believe that the government would mislead Americans simply to keep from losing …

Americans losing faith in government – Part 1

… that by themselves could rescue our vast economy. Our economy does not run on the engine of an unlimited amount of counterfeit government greenbacks. It runs on the free enterprise system that at this writing seems to be down for the count.

The US Supreme Court shows tension between Justices Scalia and Roberts: Whom do you trust more?

… is make his decision based on what he thinks should be, not what should be based on the Constitution.

While these justices are supposed to give their opinions, their opinions are supposed to be backed up by the Constitution and after reading …