legality & the law in action 2/11/2017 0 Comments   some 'laws' in this country are just plain evil... by E.L. Christianson Jr. A primary element that has separated the United States of America from virtually every other nation in history is the concept of it being “a nation of laws, not a nation of men.” “A nation of laws” means that laws, not people, rule. Everyone is to be governed by the same laws, regardless of their station; whether it is the most common American or Members of Congress, high-ranking bureaucrats or the President of the United States; all must be held to the just laws of America. No one is, or can be allowed to be, above the law. We are a country of laws.  However, the men who wrote the law had their own best interests in mind when writing those laws.  The wealthy elite from our country's history, those names you would know from history books, created a legal system that worked to their advantage and against everyone they excluded from the benefits of the law.   From a practical point of view, our laws are too many and too technical to serve the people of this country.  The laws are abusive and were created either to offer benefit to one group of citizens or to penalize another group.  Most laws in this country have nothing to do with the concept of justice.  Ultimately, the laws are interpreted and selective enforced by a political system completely alien to justice.  To make the statement, "it's the law" is absolutely meaningless.  It only refers to what is written in the books and nothing more.  "Fairness", something much more easily understood by the citizenry, has no relationship to 'the law'...   ​Case in Point:  Seems the Trumpster Fire isn't going to deport those millions of "rapists," "gang members," "violent criminals," and "drug dealers" he's always incoherently ranting about. Instead, his first victim is Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos, a 36-year-old Phoenix mother of two teenagers and American citizens who has lived peaceably in Arizona for 22 years. She was brought here from Mexico at 14, got caught working at a water park using a fake social security number during a 2008 raid by famed freedom lover, racial profiler and then-sheriff Joe Arpaio, has since regularly checked in every six months as required with Immigration and Customs officials, did so yesterday after praying at church, but was suddenly detained last night under Trump's deranged new rules. ​As her crying children and scores of protesters chanted "This Is Wrong" and "Set Her Free!", Garcia de Rayos was locked in a van, driven away, and detained. Today, officials said she had already been deported to Nogales, Mexico. Feel safer yet? The people of this country recognize and honor 'fairness'.  This is why Chelsea Manning has been so inspirational. The transgender leader and military whistleblower has provided a view of our own cruel and brutal relations with the world.  She gave 700,000 classified U.S. State and Defense Department documents to WikiLeaks including a video showing a U.S. military helicopter attack in Baghdad that killed two journalists and several Iraqi civilians.  And then she was imprisoned for telling the truth. During her incarceration, Manning was subject to solitary confinement and repeatedly denied basic healthcare.  We all knew that her treatment was 'unfair', and we are all glad for her release. Maybe, in spite of other circumstances, the laws relating to impeachment will be kinder to the American citizen. Two new polls reflect poorly on President Donald Trump's brief tenure in the Oval Office, with one showing his administration is tarnishing Americans' view of U.S. popularity around the world, and another finding voters are already evenly divided on the issue of impeaching the president. The Gallup poll released Friday finds Americans believe the world at-large sees the U.S. more unfavorably (57 percent) than favorably (42 percent)—the worst assessment of the country's image in almost 10 years. "The 42 percent favorable rating is one of the lowest since Gallup began asking this question in 2000 and may be attributable to the election of Trump, whose sometimes controversial statements and actions have rankled several world leaders," the polling outfit wrote. We are finally waking up to reality about our very hurtful 'drug laws'.  ​Marijuana is now legal for recreational or medicinal use in more than half the country.  At the same time, we have the largest prison population in the world due to our 'enforcement' of our 'laws'.  The history of those 'drug laws' demonstrates the total lack of 'fairness' in our legal process. in the United States, the 'law' works for some... Of course, in the United States, citizens have absolutely no voice regarding the law or fairness.  It is the supreme court who has jurisdiction in these areas.  And, while on occasion, one might agree with a supreme court decision, the overall thrust is negative for the average citizen.  For example, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer has spoken against mandatory minimum sentences, and yet our prisons are full of helpless victims of the law. In one way or another, we are all victims of legislators 'laws' and Supreme Court interpretations.  Here are a few of the most egregious Supreme Court Rulings... you may want to look these up in order to truly understand how our system of 'laws' actually works. Dred Scott v. Sandford (1856) Pace v. Alabama (1883) The Civil Rights Cases (1883) Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Cumming v. Richmond (1899) Ozawa v. United States (1922) United States v. Thind (1923) Lum v. Rice (1927) Hirabayashi v. United States (1943) Korematsu v. United States (1944) When one reads the background of these cases, one is forced to wonder if it is even possible for justice and fairness to have a place at the table in this great country... the answer is 'no' and that's the truth !!!