Lady Justice is Crying Behind Her Blindfold

Don’t know about you, but I try to follow some of the legal issues rotating around our upcoming presidential election.

The cases against Trump, some criminal, some civil.

The national security issues with Biden.

The ongoing allegations against Biden’s son and whether or not those actually connect to “the big guy.”

The recent ruling down in Georgia that sure doesn’t look good for the district attorney or her office.

And on and on and on . . .

After a while, it all turns to mush – at least for me.

Here’s the thing. Depending on who wins it all could change. Even in Georgia.

Fani Willis, the Fulton County District Attorney who will never find herself pictured in the dictionary under the word professionalism, is running for re-election in the fall. She has challengers, and if she loses – and if Trump’s trial is not concluded by then – the new D.A. could throw the entire case out the window.

It’s not supposed to work that way.

Lady Justice is crying.

You know Lady Justice. She’s that elegant lady holding the scales of justice. She wears a blindfold.

She’s modeled after two goddesses, one Roman (Justicia) and one Greek (Themis). They represented justice and clear-sightedness. Our Lady Justice is supposed to be unbiased, so the blindfold prevents her from seeing what someone looks like when she makes her decision. She isn’t supposed to be influenced by appearances or outside influences.

Or who wins elections.

Truth to tell, I have no idea if the charges and allegations against Trump and Biden are fair, unfair, accurate, hogwash or anything else. Like you, I am not privy to all the facts in the cases. I have not read the thousands and thousands of pages of indictments, investigations and whatnot. All I know is what I hear . . . through others’ biases. CNN tells me how guilty Trump is and Fox tells me how guilty Biden is.

And voters in Fulton County, Georgia will tell us whether or not they want the ongoing saga in their courthouse to continue.

It’s not justice. It’s not even close. It’s politics. And for the sake of our country, it needs to end.

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