Are you satisfied with the judicial system of your country?
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In the US, the one designed by and for the benefit of the attorneys who work it, has virtually NOTHING to do with justice.\n\nIt would be the same if we allowed used car sales men to develop an elaborate, contorted, "system" which you had to proceed through because it was the only way you could buy a car.  Besides taking ten years so they could justify their commission, your car would cost 100 times more than neccessary.\n\nIf I were a lawyer I would go back to bed and when I awoke from my nightmare, hopefully I would be engaged in an occupation that provided even a slight bit of dignity - sucking the d*cks of strangers in a New York City bus terminal bathroom for $0.25 donations would be a quantum leap in the right direction. \n\nLawyers are the scourge of the earth and lower than whale sh*t on the characterlogical evolutionary scale. They would represent a man who they personally caught raping their own daughter if they thought his check had at least a 50-50 chance of clearing the bank. \n\nJust ask:\n\nthe 50 self-serving pariahs that worked on OJ's behalf.\n\nthe scum who represent organized crime\n\nthe low lifes representing the tobaco industry\n\nthe seemingly 75 million bottom feeders who have accident injury "helplines"\n\nthe 100's of leeches who make up congress, 75% of which are attorneys\n\nor the truly elite of the entire pile of crap system, the ones who come up with an endless parade of specious arguments to keep murderers with arrest records longer than the Nile River alive, permitting them to live on death row for decades after their victims, who were raped, tortured, and/or butchered are long forgotten about. \n\nAs an annology - \n\nImagine walking through the most remote jungle on the planet.  You come across a village and in a corner of the village is a man in a cage.  Upon asking the chief of the village why the man was in the cage, the chief replied we think he committed a murder 20 years ago and we are still in the process of spending millions (yes millions) of dollars trying to determine if he is guilty.  You would be hard pressed not to think of them as the most ignorant, backward, incompetent, savages on the planet.\n\nReplace the cage with a prison in America and poof - you have the American criminal justice system.  Not caring about justice but about protracting cases to generate fees. \n\nWill one of you pompous, glorified, f*cking english majors, especially those who incorporate "Esquire" into your lame ass names, please enlighten the rest of us as to how that analogy is significantly different from the US "legal" system.\n\nThink about it - A trial attorney's primary responsibility is to keep his client out of court, but if he did that, he would go broke and end up stocking shelves at Walmart.\n\nDoes the US Supreme Court really have to waste their time and our tax dollars (as they are doing RIGHT NOW) deciding  on the inane concept and legal head scratcher of whether or not giving a shot as a part of administering lethal injection really constitute cruel and unusual punishment - GIVE ME A F*CKING BREAK. \n\nHow about if we dare to use just a little LOGIC and say, if the inmate EVER agreed to and received an injection for medical or dental care - the point is mute.  It was fine with him then, it must be fine now.  Pull back the f*cking plunger on the syringe and get it over with.\n\nThe entire system is an insult to the intelligence of the American people and a crimminal offence against victims and their families.
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judicial branch of government - judges and courts
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Since it's (IMO) a comparative judgement, it's the best one out there - by far.\n\nI speak of our own unique system of government, not of the characters currently occupying the Executive Branch - they come and go every four to eight years, whether they like it or not!\n\nStill, there are LOTS of problems and issues with the Federal government but, hey, without those little things, life would be awfully booorrrrriing, no?\n\nAnd besides, who in this country would opt for, say, Japanese, French, Singaporean or even British-style government?  Nothing really wrong with any those countries' systems of government but the average American, given a choice and a list of pros and cons vis-a-vis what they've come to understand and expect of our government and what they'd get from any of those countries' governments, would not wish to live under any of those countries' systems of government.
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HAVE YOU TRIED GETTING IT EXSPONGED BY THE COURTS.
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No, justice is only for those who can afford it.  Some want to say that's it's for the real poor also but public defenders are NOT the same has a hired/bought lawyer.  I thought America was for the people by the people but it just seems to me that America is for the politicians, lawyers and rich.  \n\nLet's say you go to court for a traffic  ticket.  Why is it a lawyer can get you a deal but you can't get the deal unless you pay for a lawyer?  I mean why can't I just talk to the judge?  Judges only want to hear from lawyers.  It's real odd to me that the guy ahead of me with the same type of ticket just got his knocked off his record by his lawyer but I go in front of the judge and I can't that same deal.  That's not justice.  That's a business.  You get what you pay for type of deal.  That is not what the judicial system is supposed to be for.\n\nTo be honest I have gone to law school and talked to plenty of legal people and I realize that it just about the numbers.  It's all about wins and losses NOT JUSTICE.
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honoring the country you live in.
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Toute nation a le gouvernement qu'elle merite.\n\n"Every nation has the government that it deserves."\n\n(Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821), in a letter on the subject of Russia (Lettres et Opuscules Inedits)[15 Aug. 1811])\n\nThere are many countries with a fraction of the natural beauty and human resources of the Philippines that have a far better standard of living.\n\nThe people vote for the government, they tolerate the wholesale corruption in society .. who else is to blame??
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Nothing is perfect...\n\nThe Constitutional Amendments as they stand are excellent, unfortunately, we do not have these rights like the Constitution says. \n\nWith all the pandering to left-wing activist judges and the 9th "Circus" Court of Appeals, they are slowly taking away our rights and moving toward Socialism. \n\nIf the Constitution was interpreted by the Courts instead of judges legislating from the bench, we would see that our Constitution truly is the greatest living document in the world.\n\nWhy else would we have everyone in the world trying to get into our country?
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The American Court System is an offshoot of Englands. However, we made some important changes. For example in England there were two differant sets of rules and law for those who were Aristocrates and those who were not. We saw this as inherently unfair. We changed it to make everybody equal under the law. Well we are trying to do this. \n\nWe also made laws which resulted in the Miranda Rights. To be free of arrest without basis or warrent, to be allowed an attorney, to be allowed to not incriminate ourselves, to be allowed an attorney, to be free from abusive and undully long interogation, etc. We are read these rights when arrested and if they are not read what we say can not be held against us and usually result in cases getting thrown out of court. The police are very carefull to read individuals these rights.\n\nI will not go into how these can be abused as well. Any Justice System will not be perfect. For example: While we are provided an attorney if we can not afford one, that attorney probably does not have the ability to give as good a defense as one we pay for ourselves. This is due to how overworked public defenders are, The fact they are paid from the same source as the prosocution, and have much more limited resources to defend us with.\n\nThere is a much higher rate of the poor going to jail than those who are more financial able to attain the best defense possibe.\n\nDid you know that an innocent person can be bankrupt durring a trail? That if found innocent or not guilty they do not receive a refund of their attorney costs? I find this wrong. I understand it would be difficult to refund every persons attorney fees if not found quilty. But if it was a requirment then less hasty arrests would occurr as police made double sure they had a good case. It would benifit our justice system if this were a requirement as less arrests without real probable cause would occurr and people who were innocent would not unfairly lose all their money just defending against wrongfully brought charges. We would also be much more inclined to get back to the belief of "innocent untill proven guilty" instead of the current trend of "guily untill proven innocent".\n\nWhile in theory we are considered innocent untill proven guilty, those who get arrested are really assummed to be guilty or they would not have been arrested in the first place. While this is simply untrue, basically this is what society and the press believes now.\n\nI kind of got off track here, sorry. I really do belive our justice system is better than most in the world. Like I said earlier, no justice system can be perfect.\n\nWe took much of our justice system from the "common law" of England. From there we "improved" upon it, untill we are where we are today. Hope this helps in some small way.
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judicial system \nlegislative system \nand executive system
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I think that all cultures have people who are contented and satisfied with their lives. Take us in Jamaica for example, people think that every day we are killing off each other but that is not entirely the case. Yes, we do have many problems and poverty and crime are significant factors, but many people I know are quite happy and satisfied with their lives. I know that for many this sense of peace comes from their religious beliefs and their families and Friends. I have always thought though that the Japanese seem quite contented. Don't know why maybe because they seem to rarely shout. I also think that many people living in third world countries like Haiti and Sudan are not quite satisfied with their lives because they lack the necessary resources to enjoy a well balanced and happy life
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Well..... yes it is relative to the "judge's" morals.
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The American Justice system is a joke. The rich can hire people who know the law and "buy" justice while the poor people get sent to prision. \n\nPower corrupts and the rich don't like it when one of their own gets locked up.
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Actually you have it wrong.  The justice system developed and practiced in the United States is the best that has developed in mankind in all of history so far.  It is far from perfect.  It is flawed.  It is human.  It is still the best we have come up with so far.  No matter what media may claim and promote, it is getting better all the time, not worse.  Because people do better and want better, we will become better for ourselves and our children.
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I agree about our Constitution. This nation was the first nation in the modern world where it was openly acknowledged that no one possesses perfect foresight, so our body of laws had to be flexible enough to accommodate future Americans and their future issues, but solid enough and based upon firm enough principles that they would not be changed on a whim. The principles upon which our system was founded were (and are) so cutting edge that they have become a model for many countries where liberty and equality are at issue. Under the ideals upon which this country was founded, it is easy to see why we are held up as the model against which other countries measure themselves. However, the ideal and the reality sometimes are just far enough apart to reflect duplicity to those looking for c hinks in our collective armor. Suffice it to say that ours is the most effective system operating for most intents and purposes, inconsistencies notwithstanding.
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America may have it's imperfection but there is no other country I would live.  We can agree to disagree for starters. We don't have to worry about being tortured or killed because we don't always agree with what our country is doing.  Women do not get abused and can go to college and can speak their minds without having to worry about being killed.  Sure we have problems but I think when we have to come together for a common cause we do it.  I would not want to live any where but here and I've been around to other countries and I'm always happy to be an American. I'm happy at times my government does not always agree because I know I don't have to worry about being ruled by some crazy dictator.
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This statement makes the assumption that there is a judicial section within the government just as in the US government.  The independend judiciary refers to the fact that the court system is used to enforce the law of the land as well as provide a balance against the misuse of power by the other sectors within the government, like the executive branch of government.