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kentuck

(111,104 posts)
Sun Jun 6, 2021, 01:45 PM Jun 2021

What is the role of justice in a democracy?

Not necessarily a Department of Justice but rather the general ideal of "justice"?

Do citizens need to see justice as "unbiased"?

Do they need to see that no one is above the law - that there are not two systems of justice?

How important is justice to the survival of democracy?

Is the lack of justice the signal for corruption?

Should justice only apply to the "little guy" that breaks the law?

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What is the role of justice in a democracy? (Original Post) kentuck Jun 2021 OP
Laws and justice is for the little people. onecaliberal Jun 2021 #1
You get what you can pay for - and that is the truth. Dan Jun 2021 #2
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