2.14: Why do they speak Latin in court? I don't speak Latin!
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This article is from the Lawful Arrest/Search/Seizure FAQ, by Ahimsa Dhamapada ahimsa@mu.clarityconnect.net with numerous contributions by others.
2.14: Why do they speak Latin in court? I don't speak Latin!
Just like the solemn ceremonies of the Roman Catholic church,
read in Latin by the highest priests, the black robed judges
speak the accusations and maxims of the Most Holy Law in Latin.
It is an attempt to make the law obscure, strange, intangible
to the mortal man.
This is not what the authors of the Constitution wanted for
We the People.
I once heard Harvey Wysong of the FIJA suggest this:
since non-English speakers get courtroom translators,
when the lawyers and judges start speaking in Latin,
we should demand a translator!
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