The Year of the Jury

Clark Neily

Looking back on a markedly tumultuous year in American politics—and a few months forward to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence—we might well dub 2025 “the year of the jury.” 

The current administration—like some prior ones, but more conspicuously and aggressively—has used the criminal justice system as a tool of retribution and oppression, with the president directing his attorney general to target specific political opponents and, in some cases...