Trial by jury functions as the constitutional lamp revealing that freedom lives

Evidence

Trial by jury is more than an instrument of justice and more than one wheel of the constitution: it is the lamp that shows that freedom lives. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1441

Categorization

• APHORISMS: A memorable formulation of the jury as the visible embodiment of liberty.
• XREF: connects to: Freedom means being perpetually on trial, awaiting ratification of one’s past. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1191; A trial ascertains facts, applies law, and determines guilt or liability. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 796; Judicial independence means freedom from improper external pressures. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 374 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Portraying constitutional conscience truthfully requires offering a moral choice #expands (0.95) — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 169
• Freedom means being perpetually on trial, awaiting ratification of one’s past. #complicates (0.85) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1191
• Judicial independence means freedom from improper external pressures. #complicates (0.80) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 374
• The common-sense case against freedom rests on human impotence and being-made #complicates (0.80)
• Groups appear law-determined while individuals appear free #complicates (0.80) — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 1740
• A trial ascertains facts, applies law, and determines guilt or liability. #qualifies (0.75) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 796
• Complexity can render some civil cases constitutionally unsuitable for jury trial #complicates (0.75) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1435
• Supporters can accept a trial’s legality while contesting its justice #complicates (0.75) — Julia Stephens, The Phantom Wahhabi, 185
• Freedom is the for-itself’s permanent ability to nihilate its own being #complicates (0.75) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1075
• US courts interpret the First Amendment to protect data gathering as corporate free speech. #complicates (0.70) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 550
• Constitutional protection has strengthened rights to access information. #complicates (0.70) — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 1327