It Doesn't Require A World Class Harvard Law Degree To Run Soviet Style Show Trials

Now for something different from the "all coronavirus all the time" that we have been hearing for  six or seven weeks now, here is another missive from Kurt Schlichter entitled America Doesn't Have A Justice System Anymore. Schlichter takes us on a typical tour de force of snark and sarcasm while explaining that current Federal injustice system is a two tier system: one for you and me and a separate one for the elite. It reminds of nothing if not the mafia, where if a person was a connected "made man" he would be almost immune to discipline by his peers. Such seems to be the case of not just the to bosses at the FBI, but such deep state actors as Brennan and Clapper.

The good news is that you might get out of future jury duty, because when you are asked under oath about your own biases during a federal criminal case jury selection you would have to answer honestly by responding, “Your Honor, I don’t trust a damn thing anyone in the FBI says.”

If the heirs of Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., were to go up on the stand and testify, the recent disgraceful revelations about how their bosses tried to frame LTG Mike Flynn mean you would be entirely correct to grant them the same credibility as the dude caught wearing a black cape, a Lone Ranger mask, and a nametag that says “Willie Sutton” while tip-toeing out of First National carrying a big sack with a dollar sign on it as the alarm goes off.

Oh, and if an FBI agent asks if he can ask you some questions, try not to burst into laughter before you reply, “No, I assert my right to remain silent” and call your lawyer.

And this sorry state of affairs is all the FBI’s fault.

Despite the apparent efforts of William Barr and the appointment of John Durham to the case, Schlichter does not hold out much hope that any of these people will see the inside of a jail. As far as General Flynn is concerned, Schlichter views his only real hope of salvaging his reputation lies with his lawyer, Sydney Powell.

Sorry folks, none of them will ever see a day in jail. I hope I am wrong. I hope William Barr and John “Mind Flayer” Durham will see that these criminals are prosecuted for these outrageous crimes. But I don’t believe it will happen. Our justice system is really two justice systems, one for them and one for us, which means that we have no justice system at all.

In this two tier injustice system, we, the "little" people are subject to the full weight and power of the Federal Government, while the politicians and the members of the deep state are largely immune. This can not stand. The theory of law is that it must apply to everybody, or everybody loses respect for it. Once the average citizen loses respect for the laws, they begin to find ways around it, and we become a nation of scofflaws. It didn't used to be that way. it used to be that most people respected the law, and the people elected to administer that law. But I see this respect eroding. Once it is lost, we will never get it back.

Is William Barr trying to run out the clock, betting that Trump will not be re-elected?  I don't know.  But Durham is running out of time if he wants to save the justice system.  If not, Barr may as well close up shop now.  After all, it doesn't require a world class Harvard law degree to run Soviet style show trials.  And that is what we are devolving into.