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More serious is the positive side of the affair: that you may conversely be put at the _risk_ of any penalty if they desire to put you at that risk; for the modern secret police being ubiquitous and privileged, their opponent can be decoyed into peril at the will of those who govern, even where the politicians dare not prosecute him for exposing corruption. MORE SERIOUS IS THE POSITIVE SIDE OF THE AFFAIR THAT YOU MAY CONVERSELY BE PUT AT THE RISK OF ANY PENALTY IF THEY DESIRE TO PUT YOU AT THAT RISK FOR THE MODERN SECRET POLICE BEING UBIQUITOUS AND PRIVILEGED THEIR OPPONENT CAN BE DECOYED INTO PERIL AT THE WILL OF THOSE WHO GOVERN EVEN WHERE THE POLITICIANS DARE NOT PROSECUTE HIM FOR EXPOSING CORRUPTION
e legislative power of the Legal Guild (which is now the chief framer of statutory law as it has long been the _salutary_ source of common law) is its executive or governing power. Whether after exposing a political scandal you shall or shall not be subject to the risk of ruin or loss of liberty, and all the exceptionally cruel scheme of modern imprisonment, depends negatively upon the Legal Guild. That is, so long as the lawyers support the politicians you have no redress, and only in case of independent action by the lawyers against the politicians, with whom they have come to be so closely identified, have you any opportunity for discussion and free trial. The old idea of the lawyer on the Bench protecting the subject against the arbitrary power of the executive, of the judge independent of the government, has nearly disappeared. You may, of course, commit any crime with impunity if the professional politicians among the lawyers refuse to prosecute. But that is only a negative evil. E IMPORTANT THAN THE LEGISLATIVE POWER OF THE LEGAL GUILD WHICH IS NOW THE CHIEF FRAMER OF STATUTORY LAW AS IT HAS LONG BEEN THE STATUTORY SOURCE OF COMMON LAW IS ITS EXECUTIVE OR GOVERNING POWER WHETHER AFTER EXPOSING A POLITICAL SCANDAL YOU SHALL OR SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE RISK OF RUIN OR LOSS OF LIBERTY AND ALL THE EXCEPTIONALLY CRUEL SCHEME OF MODERN IMPRISONMENT DEPENDS NEGATIVELY UPON THE LEGAL GUILT THAT IS SO LONG AS THE LAWYERS SUPPORT THE POLITICIANS YOU HAVE NO REDRESS AND ONLY IN CASE OF INDEPENDENT ACTION BY THE LAWYERS AGAINST THE POLITICIANS WITH WHOM THEY HAVE COME TO BE SO CLOSELY IDENTIFIED HAVE YOU ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION AND FREE TRIAL THE OLD IDEA OF THE LAWYER ON THE BENCH PROTECTING THE SUBJECT AGAINST THE ARBITRARY POWER OF THE EXECUTIVE OF THE JUDGE INDEPENDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT HAS NEARLY DISAPPEARED YOU MAY OF COURSE COMMIT ANY CRIME WITH IMPUNITY IF THE PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS AMONG THE LAWYERS REFUSE TO PROSECUTE BUT THAT IS ONLY A NEGATIVE EVIL
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