Wednesday, February 12, 2020

The Result Was to Hand Over the Administration of Justice Into the Hands of a Dictatorship



Chief Judge Haywood:  Did the judiciary protest these laws abridging their independence?


Dr. Wieck:  A few of them did. 

Dr. Wieck:  Those who did, resigned, or were forced to resign.

Dr. Wieck:  Others...adapted themselves to the new situation.

Chief Judge Haywood:  Do you think the judiciary was aware of the consequences to come?


Dr. Wieck:  At first, perhaps not. Later, it became clear to anyone with eyes and ears.




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2 comments:

Pagan in repose said...

The movie "Judgement at Nuremberg" was disturbing in showing how easy it was for the judiciary to rationalize changing to meet the needs of the Nazi regime by keeping a so called a sense of patriotism as described by Burt Lancaster's portrayal of Dr. Ernst Janning and his explanation of why he did it. Also the scene in Janning's jail cell when he says "By all that is right in this world, your verdict was a just one," and Spencer Tracy's reply was "Herr Janning, it came to that the first time you sentenced a man to death you knew to be innocent." I refer to AT Bar as Janning but who and when does someone stand up to AT Bar with Spencer Tracy's character's reply "...it came to that the first time you sentenced a man to death you knew to be innocent."

I realize that I am inferring more decency in AT Bar than he is capable of, including those around him.

Such is the state of our fragile Constitutional Democracy at this moment.

Robt said...

Fake news. Fake Justice. Fake governance. Fake president, with fake Americans.

The only thing that is real and matters is what Jim Jones tells you.