We've Gone from a Nation of Laws to a Nation of Powerful Men Making Laws in Secret

We've Gone from a Nation of Laws to a Nation of Powerful Men Making Laws in Secret:

"Preface: Some defendants are no longer allowed to see the 'secret evidence' which the government is using against them. See this and this.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that judges can throw out cases because they don't like or believe the plaintiff ... even before anyone has had the chance to conduct discovery to prove their case. In other words, judges' secret biases can be the basis for denying people their day in court, without even having to examine the facts.

Claims of national security are being used to keep the shenanigans of the biggest banks an corporations secret, and to crush dissent.

But this essay focuses on something else: the fact that the laws themselves are now being kept secret.

America is supposed to be a nation of laws which apply to everyone equally, regardless of wealth or power."