Tel-Chai Nation

A writer for Big Hollywood reports that the Law & Order TV series, one of the most pretentious would-be crime dramas ever made because of its bizarre leftist slant, has really done it this time:

So now Law & Order is taking on the new Bush administration and, by extension, all of those who have fought so hard to keep our country safe from terrorism since 9/11. I’m in awe at these iconoclastic artists’ bravery and courage in forthrightly expressing exactly the same views held by all of their friends and associates. Taking risky, edgy stands like this can put you in physical danger – for instance, you might be hugged to death by your fellow-traveling industry peers.

Legally, the whole theme of the episode – that a former government lawyer’s legal opinions on what constituted “torture” under various statutes and treaties can give rise to criminal liability in a state court case – is a joke. Little things like the rules of evidence, basic criminal procedure, the Supremacy Clause, and several dozen other rules, statutes, and Constitutional doctrines would never allow this “case” to exist in the first place. But the more important point is the bigger issue – the whole notion of prosecuting lawyers for their legal opinions is unbelievably short-sighted and dangerous to our democracy.

You can be sure they'll never think to write an episode critical of Dubya for any of the right reasons, like his failure to ever clearly address the subject of modern day slavery in Sudan, or even his failure to properly secure America's borders, or even his own betrayals of Israel. Let me note to anyone who ever thought the series had an auspicuous beginning: even in 1990, when it first began, the liberal bias was there, almost instantly out of the gate. It may have become more noticeable in consecutive seasons, but it was there.

One of the most tedious things I noticed about the series and its spinoffs is that at least 95 percent of all stories are about mainly 3 things: vicious murders, rape and child abuse. If you went and asked the NYPD if that's the solid bulk of all their investigations and cases in the Big Apple, I'm sure they'd tell you no, there's plenty of car thefts, kidnappings, muggings, even aggravated assaults and shoplifting scenarios they have to deal with as well. In all due honesty, I probably wouldn't have a problem with what L&O does deal with if it weren't for the political bias lurking around the corner. But it's precisely that problem that makes the series so tasteless.

Labels: Moonbattery, New York