This appeared in the June 10th edition of the Pottsville Republican.
Editorials -- June 10, 2003
Legal system criticized
To the Editor: Memorial Day was a time of reflection. A great number of
people paid the ultimate sacrifice and many others would still, if need be, pay
the same high price in the defense of our great nation so that every American
can enjoy the freedoms that still exist in our land today.
We are still the greatest nation on earth and it is humbling to reflect on
the stories of these fallen heroes.
I am so thankful that we have a president who is not afraid to proclaim his
allegiance to God. With the sense of restored and renewed hope that his courage
brings to our nation - from the way in which he handled 9/11, to the war in Iraq
- he will be remembered as one of the greatest presidents in history.
However, I am greatly concerned about the condition of our nation. Americans
are coming under attack. While there isn't anyone who can defeat us from outside
our borders, this attack is from within. It is brutal and swift, leaving an
unthinkable amount of wreckage, damage and waste in its wake.
I am one of those people who served our military honorably and would have
paid that so-very-high-price if called to do so. I thank God that while I served
we were not in any major conflicts or wars. But now, I am one of those who is
under attack, along with thousands of other Americans. I have been under attack
for the last two years.
The attack of which I speak is by the fallen justice system of America. We no
longer have a "justice" system, but a "legal" system alone.
I am being taken apart financially (they failed to destroy me emotionally,
although they tried) in a divorce by an attorney who knows how to manipulate the
laws. I have also encountered the sharp end of the sword with unethical and
prejudicial treatment from the Domestic Relations Office and a judge.
I abhor their attempts to make a criminal out of an innocent person who never
had any type of trouble with the law before this all occurred.
Every day, peoples' lives are ruined when attorneys, judges and our judicial
system twist the very laws they are entrusted to uphold. This is not justice and
it is un-American.
Wasn't our nation designed to have checks and balances in place to ensure
that one person or group of people could not become above the law? Why have
these people been left with such free reign and authority over peoples' lives
without accountability?
I pray that someone in authority has the courage to do something about these
atrocities and the lack of checks and balances in our "justice"
system.
(Name withheld at writer's request)
