Generally a good job.
However:
- The comment about corporate law being clean is out to lunch, if you take into account all the national law firms who work today for large financial institutions and mortgage service companies, and engage in fraud on the courts from coast to coast...
- The statement that implies that only "political" cases are perverted today is false. The most commonly perverted cases are foreclosures.
- As shown in Luzerne County, PA, and in Los Angeles County, CA, another class of cases that is often perverted are criminal prosecutions, which lead to imprisonment in corporate-owned, privatized prisons.
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At 04:39 PM 3/6/2011, Jon wrote:
On 03/06/2011 01:17 AM, joseph zernik wrote:
However:
The comment about corporate law being clean is out to lunch, if you take into account all the national law firms who work today for large financial institutions and mortgage service companies, and engage in fraud on the courts from coast to coast...
I didn't say the entire field was clean. I had the character (Paul) say that one could have a career in that field and not become aware of the corruption. Most of the work of corporate law is advising your client how to engage in contracts, collect on debts, follow regulations, and stay out of trouble. It mostly involves no litigation at all.
Could one have a career in the Legal Department of BofA or any other large financial institution and not be aware of the corruption?
Could one could be an attorney in the US today at all, and not be aware of the level of the corruption?
It reminds me of a comment a while ago, that "somehow" judges across the United States have started accepting invalid records from large financial institutions and mortgage servicing corporations as evidence...
"Somehow" judges across the United States have never started accepting false records as evidence from individuals...
The statement that implies that only "political" cases are perverted today is false. The most commonly perverted cases are foreclosures.
And those are not "political"? Remember, the definition provided was "cases not decided on merit". That is, cases decided on connections. That is political.
"Political = Connections"???
That would be news to me, but then again, I am not a political science major, neither a constitutional scholar...
Political: - of or relating to government, a government, or the conduct of government "
Body Politic: - the people of a politically organized nation or state considered as a group.
Polity: - civil order: the form of government of a social organization
Political Philosophy: is the study of such topics as liberty, justice, property, rights, law, and the enforcement of a legal code by authority: what they are, why (or even if) they are needed, what makes a government legitimate, what rights and freedoms it should protect and why, what form it should take and why, what the law is, and what duties citizens owe to a legitimate government, if any, and when it may be legitimately overthrown—if ever. In a vernacular sense, the term "political philosophy" often refers to a general view, or specific ethic, political belief or attitude, about politics that does not necessarily belong to the technical discipline of philosophy.
If I understand you correctly, it appears that you suggest that catering to the greed of corporations is somehow the meaning of Politics. It may be the state of affairs in the US today, but not the true meaning of the term. I am sure you would make Jefferson roll over in his grave with such comments...
As shown in Luzerne County, PA, and in Los Angeles County, CA, another class of cases that is often perverted are criminal prosecutions, which lead to imprisonment in corporate-owned, privatized prisons.
The video touches on that
In short: The video can make the naive viewer conclude that large US corporations have nothing to do with the vast corruption of the justice system in the United States, but politicians do... That would be a gross misrepresentation of the true situation of the justice system in the United States today...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7dTJHkq3Bw&feature=player_detailpage
-- Jon
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