The Fourth of July And the Call to True Independence
What was the Declaration of Independence Really About?
On July 4, 1776, the American Colonies declared their independence from tyranny. What is tyranny? It is oppressive absolute power exerted by government. It is cruel, harsh and unfair government in which a person or small group of people have power over everyone else.
The founding fathers of America foresaw the evils associated with tyranny. A major aspect of that foresight was their seeing how to avoid it. One of the ways they did that was by preventing the centralization of power in any one branch of government. Thus, they devised three branches of government: the legislative, the executive and the judiciary. One makes the laws (the legislature). One executes the laws (the executive). And one interprets the laws (the judiciary).
Each branch was to operate as a check and a balance on the other ones. In so operating, it prevents tyranny.
However, the judiciary cannot operate as an effective check and balance on the other branches of government if it is not kept free from corruption. Indeed, if it does not comply with its own rules of conduct, it exercises absolute and unfair power. When that happens, the judiciary is at the pinnacle of tyranny. (This is what happened when it has worked through prosecutors to target politically unpopular defendants through the use of news media publicity in destroying their presumption of innocence and removing their right to a fair trial).
When that happens, the victory achieved by the Declaration of Independence is defeated. That is the predicament that Americans are faced with today.
Again, again and again, it has been documented by the Runnymede Report newsletters that the judges, the state bar associations and the prosecutors have been committed to overthrowing their own rules of conduct when targeting politically unpopular defendants.
How Can the Judiciary’s Tyranny Be Removed?
There is only one way that the judiciary’s tyranny can be removed. Everyone involved in the intentional violation of the rules of conduct must needs be disbarred, which of necessity means their removal from the judiciary.
Since the judiciary officials have proven themselves incapable of doing it —because they are guilty themselves — then the public has to do it. With the removal of the tyranny, then the judiciary can again, operate as a true check and balance on the other two branches of government. When that is accomplished, the true meaning of the American Declaration of Independence can be restored with this branch of government.