"I promise that if I'm elected governor - I will institute a policy of execution involving a dunk tank that starts a Rube Goldberg machine that eventually starts a draw-n'-quartered monster truck pull..."
Ever since I was a little kid I've been mystified why so many Americans treat judges (and especially justices) like august figures who are uniquely gifted to interpret the law like high priests of the temple did when they told the masses what god wanted.
Judges (and justices in particular) are just opinionated assholes in black robes.
Phony contrition is definitely a must in court. And the personality of the judge infects everything.
If I was on trial for something serious - I would only hire a lawyer who I felt really understood the importance of my questions like "What kind of person is the judge?" Any lawyer who thinks it's "just the facts" is a fool. Sure, the facts are important. But so is the goddamned judge.
No cruel and unusual punishment allowed. But if you constantly execute people in a cruel way, it's only cruel, not cruel and unusual :think-about-it:
love that running for governor on the base of exectuing people via wacky means would be the best way to stop any of them
"I promise that if I'm elected governor - I will institute a policy of execution involving a dunk tank that starts a Rube Goldberg machine that eventually starts a draw-n'-quartered monster truck pull..."
Also love that this proposal would fit the "cruel" part and also if you do it enough it won't fit the unusual part since that's just how you do it.
Ever since I was a little kid I've been mystified why so many Americans treat judges (and especially justices) like august figures who are uniquely gifted to interpret the law like high priests of the temple did when they told the masses what god wanted.
Judges (and justices in particular) are just opinionated assholes in black robes.
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Phony contrition is definitely a must in court. And the personality of the judge infects everything.
If I was on trial for something serious - I would only hire a lawyer who I felt really understood the importance of my questions like "What kind of person is the judge?" Any lawyer who thinks it's "just the facts" is a fool. Sure, the facts are important. But so is the goddamned judge.
If it helps any, this is not a uniquely-american feature
The typical person isn't even aware they view judges as some sort of high priests of the temple for law. Maybe it's even a global thing.