Or...

"When people give up on the courts, when people believe that they can get no justice from the courts, when people believe the system is tainted, corrupt and full of arrogant, self-serving crooks, they don't bother to file a complaint. They don't seek justice because they don't believe the system is just."

or they seek justice on their own -- and that can get pretty nasty.

by Blue Pilgrim (0 articles, 3 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 998 comments) on Monday, May 7, 2007 at 3:25:33 PM
 

Making one's own solutions in the face of injustice

And that is why there are so many US marshals present at farm auctions. Many farmers just can't take the idea of losing land which has been in their family for generations, especially if there are irregularities in the foreclosure, such as forged documents from the government, or government employees who benefit by receiving bonuses when land is foreclosed on and sold at auction.  When you remove or dilute a person's right to legal redress, you push him to protest, violence or even the "r" word which this nation's founders resorted to.

by M. Davis (39 articles, 2 quicklinks, 13 diaries, 137 comments) on Monday, May 7, 2007 at 3:30:28 PM
 

People Without Rights

Remember this article the next time you read the newspaper about someone going postal at some courthouse somewhere. The targets are usually lawyers and judges and the cases usually domestic or property law. The woman in this essay's example that could not get a restraining order is a rare example. Normally, it is the husband who through a restraining order loses custody, the house, visitation, and is ordered to make child and alimony payments ex parte (without being notified of a hearing or being heard) who finds himself without any rights. Under contemporary law, any divorce attorney who wants to stay in business will use domestic battery legislation to obtain the children, house and money ex parte and serve the husband with a surprise restraining order. After all, a battery is merely a non-consensual touching; so these are easily manufactured. And once the wife has had the house, kids, and alimony and support until a full hearing comes around, the court is always reluctant to disturb the status quo.

by W.M.L. (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 283 comments) on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 3:31:25 PM