Trial by Jury: Defense Against Tyranny

[Marenco]

An ancient right, the Founders considered the jury trial to be not just essential for liberty, but possibly the most important check on government power. As Thomas Jefferson put it: “I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.”

John Adams, John Dickinson, Patrick Henry - and many others - agreed.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMhxNP7Gvpo

[Danke]

And it used to be a jury of your peers. That is long gone, mostly statists in juries now, many receiving some sort of government benefit.

[Swordsmyth]

It was always a trick to get the people to think they had a say while taking advantage of their ignorance.