Interest Groups Essay - 2,503 words

Interest Groups Despite the fact that the judicial process in U.S. and West European countries is based on the principle of complete independence from the potential factors of influence, in recent years, we witness the alarming tendency of court decisions being affected by so-called interest groups. Even as far back as fifties, the applying political or cultural pressure on judicial procedures was considered as being utterly inappropriate. But now, the students of law learn that the influence of interest groups is just another factor to consider, during the trials. What is the interest group? It is a group of people, united by the common political, cultural or ethnic affiliation, which tries to alter the outcome of legal procedures to its own advantage, by whatever the means possible. This, of course, would not be possible if such group did not posses a substantial financial power. In this essay we will focus our attention on one particular interest group, which political influence is hard to underestimate the Jews.


We will analyse three the most important trials of this century, where the basic principles of jurisprudence were being grossly violated, in order to appease this group: the Nuremberg trial, the trial of Ernst Zundel and the trial of David Irving. The Nuremberg trial proceedings took place between 1945 and 1949. But it is the sentencing of eleven main defendants to death in 1946 that sparked a public controversy over the legality of the process itself. Richard Harwood in his article Did Six Million Really Die? points out to the main inconsistencies of this trial: At Nuremberg, ex post facto legislation was created, whereby men were tried for "crimes" which were only declared crimes after they had been allegedly committed. Hitherto it had been the most basic legal principle that a person could only be convicted for infringing a law that was in force at the time of the infringement. "Nulla Poena Sine Lege." The Rules of Evidence, developed by British jurisprudence over the centuries in order to arrive at the truth of a charge with as much certainty as possible, were entirely disregarded at Nuremberg.


It was decreed that "the Tribunal should not be bound by technical rules of evidence" but could admit "any evidence which it deemed to have probative value," that is, would support a conviction. In practise, this meant the admittance of hearsay evidence and documents, which in a normal judicial trial are always rejected as untrustworthy (Harwood). During the Nuremberg trial, the defence lawyers were not allowed to cross-examine the prosecution witnesses. In the case of Herman Goering, his lawyer was simply forbidden from speaking, once it became clear to the prosecution that he will successfully deal with every accusation against his client. It all was being done in order to give the legality to Jewish post-war Holocaust claims. Out of 9 prosecutors, at this mockery of a trial, 6 were Jews, therefore they could not possibly remain objective. The American press, largely controlled by Jews, began to create the atmosphere of a witch hunt, during the proceedings, so that anyone involved in the process, would automatically be claimed as nazi-sympathizer, if he simply wanted to remain impersonal.


This was the first time in the history of Western civilization that one particular interest group was able to completely distort the very nature of main principles of jurisprudence, to serve their own agenda. It was not by the simple accident that the execution of the main defendants took place on October 16. This is because this is the celebration of Purim, according to Jewish calendar, when thousands of goyims were being slaughtered by Jews, by the order of their God Jehovah. The date of execution was being selected to show the immense power of Jews as interest group, when it comes to pursuing their own agenda, during the legal procedures. This trial created a precedent. From this time on, it will be virtually impossible for any legal decision to pass at court, if it negatively affected the interests of Jewry.


One of the best examples that would back up such statement, is the trials of Ernst Zundel. He is widely known under the label of holocaust-denier, even though that his professional credibility of historian has never been doubted. The monstrous crime of Zundel lies in fact that he stated that the modern interpretation of Holocaust is distorted. He simply wanted to examine the evidence, upon which Jews base their claim of 6 million Jews being killed by Nazis, during the Second World War. In any civilized society, the history of any event can be freely studied and analyzed. But it becoming increasingly hard to do, when the matter of concern is Jewish historical claims.


Zundel was first being brought to trial in 1985 on charge of distributing the hate literature. Although, his case had a formal nature, it was understood by everyone that one particular group of interest was behind all his trouble with the law. Mark Weber in his interview to American Dissident Voices said: And there's been unanimous agreement -- even by the host of the show, who's Jewish, and the others who've been on the show -- that Ernst Zundel is not a threat to national security. But one guest in particular was emphatic in saying that Zundel is in prison because Jewish groups want him in prison. This is a point which very few people are willing to say openly, but which must be said(Weber). After three moths of deliberations, the court ruled in favor of the accusers, sentencing Zundel to two years in prison.


Yet, in 1992 the Supreme Court of Canada had acquitted him on all the accounts, since it viewed Zundel's prosecution as violation of the guarantees of freedom of expression under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The only reason for the Supreme Court of Canada ruling in favor of Zundel was the fact that members of the jury were being spared of Jewish pressure, while making decision, due to the whole matter kept in relative secret from the press. Nevertheless, the attempts to imprison Zundel never stopped, especially after Jewish Anti-Defamation League was being brought into play. This public organization enjoys an immense lobbyist power, because it was granted an official advisory status. Here is how Zundel described by ADL: Zundel as a hypocrite who cultivates a pacifist public image while guiding, aiding and supporting neo-Nazi groups around the world, including some that propagate violent messages of hate and work to accomplish the destruction of governments and multicultural societies (ADL). Eventually, Zundel was brought up to the court again, while the political pressure, on the part of Jewish lobbyists, to lock him up, was increasing at alarming rate.


In 2003 Zundel was arrested in U.S. for violating its immigration law. But this was nothing but a legal excuse to keep in in jail, before he could be deported to Germany, where he would be facing up to 8 years in prison, for Holocaust denial. But before this would happen, Zundel was being transported to Canada, where he had an official right for claiming refuge status, since he was clearly at danger for merely expressing his political views back in Germany. However, this right was being denied to him in most blatant form. On January 21, 2004 Judge Blais (a Jew) ruled against Zundel. Apparently, he was not fully convinced about the peaceful nature of Zundel, as an individual: I have come to the conclusion, based on the information presented to me in camera, that Mr. Zundel does represent a danger to the sec ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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