(01-18-2021, 05:36 PM)fifteenth Wrote: Judges hear evidence in hearings before trials take place in order to determine if there is a case to be tried. These cases never made it to trial because there was not enough evidence to justify even having a case.
I see, so the other what seems like almost half of the population should trust this because judges said so?
1) You do understand that public trials of evidence have long been understood as essential for the vetting of facts and truthfulness right?
2) You do understand that evidence can take considerable time (and money) to properly examine in real trials right?
3) Just to consider the problem with the position you just stated. Imagine that millions of dollars and hours are spent gathering evidence for something like detailed forensic audits of machines that were used.
Are you saying that a judge in a court can simply look that evidence over and tell millions of people that its not 'justifiable' evidence?
Just to be clear, I haven't taken any position on the politics of the matter or taken any side. That's something that might be discussed back in the days where the 1st amendment was enforced. I'm simply addressing the original point of how what seems like 1/2 the population could be deceived evidently by one man.