The State’s Paramount Imperative

     …is to condition the masses never to question or quarrel with the State:

     Christopher Dunn was falsely convicted of fatally shooting a 14-year-old in 1991. He was later released after serving over three decades of a life sentence in prison for a crime he did not commit.

     So far, this looks like a positive if bittersweet story. Dunn can’t get back the three decades he spent behind bars, but at least he’s free now. But hold on just a moment:

     The Missouri Supreme Court ruled this week that Attorney General Andrew Bailey can appeal Dunn’s overturned conviction, according to the Missouri Independent.
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     Bailey argued that the state has a legal interest in maintaining its convictions and that allowing Dunn’s exoneration to stand would create distrust in the state’s justice system. The state’s Supreme Court concurred, claiming “the state is an aggrieved party under Missouri’s civil appeals statute and may challenge the judgment,” the Missouri Independent reported.

     I added the emphasis.

     The State must not be questioned! Its hold on power depends on the willing submission of its subjects. Should the people come to doubt the State’s omniscience, who knows what would follow? No, Comrade, thou shalt not question the Omniscient, Omnipotent, and Omnibenevolent State! Its masters would pout.

     Do you know what’s hardest about being a freedom-advocating commentator? Resisting the impulse to let it all go! When a State prosecutor can make such a claim in open court, and have the presiding judge deem the State “an aggrieved party,” all the masks are off. The statists no longer feel a need to pretend to care about rights or justice. The English language lacks words adequate to describing such incredible villainy.

     The sole nonviolent barrier to such betrayals of justice is the trial by a jury of private citizens. Watch for signs that our would-be masters are maneuvering to do away with it. I’m sure we’ll see them, by and by.