When I am in a really down mood, I begin to wonder if we didn't let the

[Atticus]

35. "Pretty obvious you don't know diddly about the justice system".

I'll just leave it with "You'd be very surprised".

And where did I limit my longing for justice to criminal convictions?

Why was there no OUTRAGE at the very thought of permitting the Congressionsl "aiders and abetters" to continue to serve after their open expression of approval of the insurrectionists goal?

Why is the Trumpist Arizona clown show being referred to by the media as "the fourth audit" of the ballots and covered daily by cable TV as though we were waiting to "find out who really won"?

Why are some of these violent rioters who we've watched on video as they savagely beat policemen being released?

These are just a few of the insults that do not require a legal conviction to rectify. As thoughtful people understand, "Is it just?" is a much broader inquiry than "Is it legal?"

It may be legal but how is it "just" that 70% of the Republican "party" insists that Joe Biden is not a legitimate POTUS and WE still deal with them AS THOUGH they were not traitorous Trump ass-kissers?

Your acceptance of "5-8 years each case" ignores the obligation imposed on government by the "social contract": we agree not to mete out our own personal version of justice because that obligation will be performed by our government. Many believe the government---and a society in thrall to a nasty minority---is not keeping it's part of the bargain. This IS a problem that repeated scoldings to "let the legal system work" will not solve.

Maybe this all boils down to "If Hawley and Cruz and Greene and Boebert are 'LEGITIMATE', what does it take to be illegitimate? Is there still a line beyond which which none dare go?"