Comments by "John Berry" (@user-ud6ui7zt3r) on "Justice Gorsuch warns that an ‘explosion’ of new laws could hinder Americans’ freedoms" video.

  1. They say that Lady Justice is blind, but there are 3 instances in which Lady Justice should lift her blindfold... • she should look to see if anything is littered about, underneath the pans of the scale of justice, that should be included in the pans; • she should look to see if anything has been erroneously included, in the pans of the scale of justice, that should not be in the pans; and, lastly, • after attending to the first two '•' items, she should look to see which way the indicator needle points. □ Often, people feel abused by our legal system, because Lady Justice fails to lift her blindfold with regards to at least one of these '•' items.
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  2. These days, when the courts are aware that a large segment of the American population is likely to respond with imminent, violent riots, the courts seem to conduct a "first trial" (of a defendant) in which the courts "bend" (like a limp, wet noodle) to give the angry portion of the public whatever verdict will assuage them. LATER, however, when most of the public is no longer aware of the issue, a quiet, SECOND trial is conducted, in which the defendant is finally afforded a proper set of American rights. NOTE THAT public sentiment has historically gone either of two ways... in that... sometimes an angry portion of the public wants a defendant to be convicted... and sometimes an angry portion of the public wants a defendant to be exonerated. For example, I remember a famous case, here in NYS, in which the rich owner of a Ford car dealership was thought to have murdered, and secretly disposed of, his wife. Despite the fact that the body of the wife was never found (implying a complete lack of evidence), the enraged public wanted the defendant sentenced to life in prison. And they GOT it! The weak court "bent" to the will of angry public sentiment, and so, the defendant (despite the complete lack of evidence) was judged as guilty. LATER, however, when no one was paying any attention, on appeal, the defendant was tried again, and eventually released as an innocent man (...because, since the prosecution could not produce a dead body, no one could prove that the wife had been murdered.)
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  3. The movie actor Walter Matthau once played a part in which his character said something like... "The Law should fit a man like a fine suit of clothes... loose enough to let him move around... but not so tight that he is strangled!"
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