Dear Friends,
It seems to me, the legal system is supposed to grease the mechanism of business, soothe interactions between men, and maintain order. But like any grease that’s put on too thick, instead, it increases friction, gums up the works, and pollutes the product. Law is like kudzu, in small amounts you can make a tasty treat from it, but if allowed, it will take over and smother everything else. Our legal system has become super kudzu. It’s overgrown the entire economy. Law and lawyers no longer lower friction to operating a business, by providing order, they cause friction between employer and employee, by introducing monetary incentives to strife. The legal system goes on to inhibit any new factory growth due to the exorbitant legal cost.
Perhaps a better analogy than kudzu is mistletoe. One or two bunches won’t kill a tree, but once a tree is covered, it’s as good as dead. Then the mistletoe that sucks from it dies as well. Mistletoe however isn’t conscious. Lawyers are. While even mistletoe knows enough to try not to kill its host, attorneys haven’t that level of wisdom. In the US they’ve set themselves to killing their source of nourishment. As with mistletoe, once the host dies, so do the parasites. Lawyers, who consider themselves the smartest people in any room, seem to lack that basic survival instinct. That’s why they have so trashed their own homes. No one who’s paying attention trusts the law anymore. We all see that it’s arbitrarily applied, written and adjudicated. That’s not law, it’s a tool of oppression.
Judges are the gatekeepers of the legal system’s honor. I think that’s one reason we call them, “Your Honor.” Because our legal system is based on honor. What if a priest, rabbi or minister went to a stripper bar every night? What if he proclaimed he was only preaching to the lost, not partaking of the carnal delights? Would that hint he may not be honorable, or maybe it would prove he is honorable, since he’s able to withstand such temptations? I suspect people would soon fall away from his flock seeking a religious teacher who lives what he teaches. Judges are the priest who spends his nights in a nudey bar. Every time they abuse law, precedent and our Constitution to force their opinion on society, they despoil the honor of the court system. The exact opposite of their duty.
The courts have become a joke, where one can predict the outcome of a case, not based on law, precedent or Constitutional principles, but by who the defendant is and what court the case is in. In Arkansas for instance, Tyson foods can’t be successfully sued under any circumstances. First, no lawyer would take up the case, second no court would find against Tyson, and third no judge in Arkansas would allow a fair trial in the first place. Tyson foods has too much political favor in Arkansas to be sued. On the other side of the spectrum, in California, unless the CEO is friends with Gavin Newsom, any company can be shaken down by the legal system. It’s a cost of doing business in California. The utterly corrupt court system backed by the laughing stock ninth circus.
Our legal system has overgrown our nation and is threatening to smother us and our economy. Maybe it’s time to prune it back a little? In the case of our legal thicket, pruning shears won’t be enough, we need herbicide. Start by cutting regulations to the bone. Then remove protections from prosecutors and judges, and criminally charge them for breaking the law. A prosecutor can suborn perjury without consequence as the Fani Willis corruption case proves. A judge needn’t follow the law he or she imposes on us. Making the entire system a joke. Toss a few corrupt judges in prison and the rest will think twice about violating their oaths of office. Jail prosecutors abusing their authority and you’ll find prosecutors will stop abusing their authority. Force law to follow the law and law will self limit.
Sincerely,
John Pepin
