Tolerance is the mother who softens the harshness of father’s strict adherence to the rules. Since nobody’s perfect, lawmakers and judges should guard against legal surprises never anticipated by lawmakers. This isn’t rewriting the decrees but interpretation in the highest sense of the word so the law can accomplish its original intent.
“Who can say “I have purified my heart, I am free of sin? There is no man on earth so righteous that he never sins!” Proverbs 20:9
Below are some suggestions for lawmakers and judges to bring about a more just country:
Intolerance-Justice should be based on each case and circumstance involving current law and precedent. The idiotic case of six-year-old Zachary Christie is akin to the type of lack of foresight that has parents throughout the land scratching their heads. Zachary had NO CLUE he was committing a crime with a nonflexible sentence of 45 days in a reform school.
His crime? As a proud new Cub Scout, he brought a multifaceted eating and tool utensil to his school to show his little friends. Conclusion? When you’re out of school it’s much easier to make ridiculous rules you would have never tolerated or obeyed when YOU were young and vulnerable.
Tort reform-I’m not just talking medical malpractice reform, but the farce the legal profession has played out for the last century by lining their pockets with phony and fraudulent suits should outrage everyone.
Lawyers who knowingly represent frauds should be punished, fined, suspended and disbarred for continued abuse. Literally $trillions could be saved from bankrupted businesses, prices passed on to consumers, increased insurance policies, unemployment costs and defensive overkill. Also, real cases could be heard in a timely manner without the rubbish that currently clogs the system.
Political Term limits-Give ‘em five terms in the house and two terms in the senate. Then elect someone else. Professional politicians are bane to the system and the original intent of our founders. The longer they’re in DC, the more regal they regard themselves. Recently town halls were filled with disrespected citizens by these uncivil servants.
Pork-Spending attached to other bills accounts for $billions in deceptive theft in the system. If you want federal tax spending for a state project it must pass on its own merits.
Judge term limits-No judge, unless elected, should be on the bench longer than ten years. A lifetime is too long. As people age they get dementia, Alzheimer’s, big egos.
