GOOD FOR BUSINESS
As you know, me being a criminal defense lawyer, I'm always looking for ways to make my particular profession more profitable. This being the major reason why I'm always rooting for our state legislature to make more crimes and more severe punishments every time they are in session. Usually, they are quite active in doing so and I am thankful for that.
What we now have is a great example of another method of increasing our business, hence the earning power of the criminal defense bar. President Trump is leading the way and must be given credit for this new effort - - prosecuting our political rivals or people who displease us. Comey and Bolton are great examples. This effort must be studied and emulated by our own governor, Reynolds, and our own attorney general, Brenna Bird.
When you think about it, it will be a whole new era in America - - prosecuting political opponents and people who don't please. We have the framework now of a police state that will be able to assist in this effort. We've always had secret police, but now they are even more secret - - wearing masks and such. I can only applaud the efforts that are being made to increase the business of people in my particular profession, the criminal defense bar.
I know that I am in the minority here in that most of my colleagues think this effort to prosecute political rivals and people who don't please as unamerican and fascist. But what the Hey! It's good for business: I'm all for it. We've got thousands of crimes on the books both federal, state, county, city, etc. We should be using them to good purpose by putting more people in jail and otherwise making their lives miserable. They will need my services. I can see my business mushrooming. Congress and our state legislatures have been making more crimes every session for several centuries now. It's time we begin using them.
You ask, how is this possible? It's easy. Trump has shown the way. You call up your attorney general or local county attorney and say "Hey Ms. Attorney General, so-and-so said nasty things about me and I want him prosecuted. Find some crime you can charge him with and do so promptly." As I said, with all the crimes that are on the books, it should be easy to find something to charge him with.
In Iowa, you don't even need a grand jury to indict, you merely need to file a trial information and you can do this without having to convince a group of citizens to be accomplices in your efforts to use the criminal law for your own benefit. It is even easier than in the federal system where you need a grand jury, so let's get with it shall we. Inflation is with us, it costs more money than ever to survive in a decent manner, and the more money we have, the better it is. I know this is a little self-serving, but oh well.
Richard E H Phelps II
Mingo
