Also the US is no longer trying to be a role model for the free world in terms of civic rights... Um, we haven't been that for a very long time. We only prete

Also the US is no longer trying to be a role model for the free world in terms of civic rights... Um, we haven't been that for a very long time. We only pretend to ourselves that we are. And since none of us pay attention to what is going on that we don't want to hear, we can pretend indefinitely. No matter how threadbare our excuses become. An additional note. The pretend courtesy between the lawyers and the judge is required by British tradition.