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TheCoelacanth • today at 2:32 PM • 4 replies • view on HN

Secret courts are anathema to democracy and need to be abolished.


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Tangurena2 • today at 3:45 PM

The 6th Amendment was written to prevent secret courts. The English Star Chamber was frequently secret and you could be put on trial without knowing what evidence/testimony was brought against you. The Star Chamber was also why the 5th Amendment exists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Chamber

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights

rdiddly • today at 3:56 PM

A secret court is arguably not even a court. It provides no legitimacy whatsoever. It's a bunch of people in a room making a decision. I don't understand why they even bother. Just conduct your dictatorship by issuing decrees over a Zoom meeting.

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tastyfreeze • today at 3:15 PM

I came to say the same thing. The secret courts and even the administrative agency courts should not exist. They are a violation of our rights. Any court where the prosecution, judge and jury are all government employees is a gross abuse of authority.

rnd0 • today at 4:31 PM

Democracy has been deprecated in the United States, and will be removed in a future 'election'.