Should State Agents Be Held Accountable Only to the State? by William L. Anderson

Should State Agents Be Held Accountable Only to the State? by William L. Anderson

For all of the talk of "democracy" and "self-government" from the American political classes, what we have today is self-perpetuating "Progressive" government. We are supposed to assume we are governed by Wise People Who Know What Is Best For Us. Instead, we are governed by people who face few standards of accountability, and while they repeat the line that they can "police themselves," we also know that is untrue.

In its Connick ruling, the Supreme Court simply affirmed the "Progressive" canards that those "professionals" who govern us also can be trusted to govern themselves. That is a lie as bad as any lie that DA Harry Connick Sr.’s underlings told the jurors when they wrongfully convicted John Thompson of murder and sentenced him to execution.