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Does the presence of a process make it any less immoral? I am sure there are drug cartels with a very rigorous process that they go through when they carry out

• ash 13y ago
  Why does US legal system rely so much on "due process of law"? I think it nearly ignores the spirit of law. That's why US government managed to grow surveillance for so long. It just followed the process for as much as it could manage.
  • w_t_payne 13y ago
    So much process ... so little spirit. It is, indeed, a sad sight.
• kabdib 13y ago
  Tell a judge "rule this way, because it's moral" and he'll tell you to get out of his court. (Modulo cronyism and the possibility that a judge is prejudiced and/or crooked). Having an argument based on law is much harder to argue against than someone's personal set of moral values. Looking into cultures where "legal" things are decided with a moral system (e.g., most theocracies) I see a lot worse stuff going on. I'm not trying to minimize the nasty and disgusting surveillance system the US has in place, I'm just saying that rule by morality is a double-edge sword.