If you have ever been in a courtroom you know it is a disturbing experience - especially if you don't have the protection of a lawyer. You are on one side of the world, and lawyers, their clients and judges are in a completely different world. Citizens are powerless, as powerful people decide our fates in private discussions in back chambers. The entire process is one of secret deal-making. So how is the deal-making any different if one of the powerful people asking for favors is a county commissioner - how is he any more corrupting than a $600/hour attorney with a big campaign financing fund?

As two judges for Cuyahoga County have been indicted for wrongdoing (one claiming innocence above), and they are now to be processed through their legal system, they leverage the full powers of their system in their own defense, and speak of being better for the experience. We get to watch it all unfold, still wondering what those judges and lawyers talk about when they meet back in private chambers, deciding the fates of ordinary citizens not allowed the same rights enjoyed by the wealthy.

I doubt any real citizens will weep for any unreal judges hauled off to jail.... it's not like the system works well for us, ever.