[PLUG-TALK] Re: [PLUG] Sounds good to me ;)
J Henshaw
jeff at jhenshaw.com
Tue Jun 18 23:20:54 UTC 2002
Anyone else here fail the citizenship test like Russ here?
Anyone else care to correct him?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Johnson" <russj at dimstar.net>
To: <plug-talk at lists.pdxlinux.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 6:09 AM
Subject: Re: [PLUG-TALK] Re: [PLUG] Sounds good to me ;)
> No, not wrong. Juries view the facts as presented by the lawyers, and
decide whether the facts say you broke the law as written. They do not
interpret that law, other than to understand it.
>
> The Supreme Court has the power to not only overturn convictions, but
overturn laws that are unjust. Juries can't do that. The Supreme Court
interprets the law and can say wether an earlier decision was wrong or not.
They not only interpret to understand, they interpret to define what they
law says.
>
> On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 22:56:43 -0000
> "J Henshaw" <jeff at jhenshaw.com> wrote:
>
> > Wrong again, for that exact reason we had a jury of peers, who were
> > comprised your 12 closest neighbors.
> > And if they had any critical thinking skills they could be trusted to
use
> > sound judgement; why do you suppose they changed the system a little
and
> > sequester the juries now?
> > Isn't this an indication that the average juror has NO critical thinking
> > skills?
> > If you do why do you allow them to tell you what you can or cannot read?
> > Furthermore any law is null and void for vagueness, and if the
"Supremes"
> > can't agree it must be pretty damned vague, I should say.
>
> --
> "The power to untie is stronger than the power to tie."
>
> Well, yeah, otherwise my shoes would tie themselves.
>
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