Here's some food for thought and cautionary advice, today, for the remnant of individualists here during and after the implosion of a once allegedly all-powerful, all-knowing, all-benevolent State. https://www.lewrockwell.com/2015/10/karen-kwiatkowski/the-indispensable-nation-2/
Many people may not realize this but you CAN be arrested and jailed without ever having broken any law. It's all completely legal. It only takes a single prosecutor, a judge, and a grand jury assembly held in secret. In the case of civil contempt, it only takes a single judge. And a judge does not have to exactly follow the Constitution or the law either. Consider this: In the U.S. no federal judge has ever been removed from their position for making a decision outside the guidelines of the law. The jury is only making a decision to indict based on what they are told by the prosecutor. They don't know anything about what actually happened or what the law really is, nor would they actually bother to make an effort to find out. And you might think the judge is there to make a fair and impartial decision, but they do not have time to scrutinize the details of every case. Almost without exception they just take the prosecutor at his word. Prosecutors have a notorious reputation for trying to make the defendant look as bad as possible without actually making any outright lies. Selective presentation of the facts, and deception through omission. In actual practice, the judge is just there to rubber stamp what the prosecutor wants to do. You might think people are entitled to "a quick and speedy" trial, but in reality many people spend 16 months behind bars waiting for all the preparations to be ready for their trial if they cannot afford the bail, or in some cases if bail is denied. The prosecutor will often try to get the judge to set the bail as high as possible because if the accused stays behind bars it makes it more difficult for the defense to properly prepare for the trial, and it can also be used to put more pressure on the defendant to enter into a plea bargain. If the defendant appears at the trial in chains and prison clothes they are also less likely to win the case, it makes a negative psychological impression in front of the jury.
