By: Christopher Maffei
Looking at the chaotic images of the smoke-filled streets of American cities, it seems obvious that the system of justice in the United States is beyond reproach.
The real questions surrounding how much we spend on our legal system, and what impacts it has on our economy has not yet been born out. What are the social impacts of the American courts on the people?
Of course, it’s easy to judge a system that has made millions homeless and has compromised National Security. However, recent studies have shown the impact of the US courts on the American economy is a staggering 1.2 trillion for the criminal courts alone. Even more disturbing, these numbers do not include the family courts. Whereas, 600 billion was the budget for the Department Of Defense
The Economic Costs of the U.S. Criminal Justice System
Also, these numbers do not include the social costs of a failed system that has little to show for rehabilitation and more success in alienating its citizenry.
This is due to the unfortunate fact that the US courts have an interest in the failure of American society rather than in its uplifting. The more American society fails, the more money is allocated to the courts in general.
Demographics of the U.S. Military
But, How does this unrest affect national security and the defense of the United States? Looking objectively at the Department of Defense data, it shows that 45% of the US military is comprised of both black or brown citizens. When local police indiscriminately kill this demographic it is extremely demoralizing to force morale. It creates feelings of separation from the society they are supposed to defend.
Let’s be honest, Trump was a man that wanted nothing more than to return to the soft sandy coast of Doonbeg. There, he can walk on the surface of the 9th green where his shoes will sink softly into the green; that is where Trump’s “Crystal Palace” really is. There he can breathe the free air again.
But, during the Floyd riots, he asked the military to intervene to pacify his bigoted and xenophobic base. Mark Esper did not even so much as lift a finger to use military force to quell the unrest. Esper obviously saw the writing on the wall and so did Trump. The only difference is Trump did not really care about how this would affect military morale and Esper did.
In reality, Esper will not be invited to Doonbeg to play golf. Rather, he will have the right to suffer along with the rest of the American people in places like Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
And even though Esper would eventually get fired. I believe, Mark Esper’s remonstrations against POTUS were in itself an act of moral courage. Trump’s Twitter following was close to 90 million. One negative tweet can end your professional life – I am sure Esper knew that.
Nevertheless, This would not stop the USS Bonhomme Richard from being torched during the peak of the Floyd riots. She was set on fire by one of her crew in July of 2020 in sympathy for George Floyd.
As a consequence, the USS Bonhomme Richard will need to be decommissioned and her loss will leave a gap in the projection of force in the Pacific theatre. There are only eight Wasp-class ships in the US Navy. Her loss will be a serious blow with naval planning.
What motivated the sailor’s actions? Obviously, in sympathy for George Floyd.
Therefore by inference, the American system of justice’s inability to stabilize society into a cohesive community is responsible for the destruction of the USS Bonhomme Richard. We can no longer pretend that our courts can effectively manage justice if their primary interest is to harm society for financial gain. The logic being, in order for the police and the US courts to thrive – the courts need to take an interest in seeing it fail.
However, one question stands out more than any other. Why do the US courts perform so poorly in regards to helping American society? The answer may lie within the American court’s administrative system. It is riddled with corruption and self-interest. It leads to legal paralysis when decisive action is needed. American judicial administrative staff (whether they be police, lawyers, or judges) have always been masters of self-protection.
Senators, as agents of the courts, help with anti-law enforcement sentiments by redirecting blame away from the American courts. They can then channel pressure group energy back onto society or onto the law enforcement portion of the system. Or onto the administrators that are responsible for enforcement. In this way, lawyers and judges can generally keep their positions and keep their sinecures from changing. And most vitally, stay out of the medieval institutions they have created for the urban and rural poor. These administrators are experts in hunkering down and waiting for the current unrest to pass. They can then continue in their corrupt and self-serving ways.
Regardless of your political affiliation, we need to accept the fact that without a strong military, stationed by people that have confidence that they will be treated fairly in society; will eventually lead to dissension in the ranks. And without a strong military to project force globally, the United States has no power at all. No power to control global oil or the power to administrate the world reserve currency system.
What measures can we take? I would recommend starting with the RICO statutes.
Using these laws we can break the police unions and end the various levels of corruption surrounding these organizations. Then, police brutality (in any form) needs to be dealt with decisively within the Federal system. Moreover, 3 years of high-profile arrests of corrupt Judges will give the judicial pause when taking money.
And most importantly, creating a law that caps current prosecutorial budgets in the states and ends all plea bargains. No plea agreements will be allowed. That will end the gravy train of money flowing into the US courts and the endemic corruption that follows.
The defense community needs to be honest when examining this problem and understand the US courts have a financial interest in the weakening of the social system. That in turn weakens our military. The threat posed by the US courts to the security of the United States is extreme.
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