If the Court were faithful to the Constitution, we would not have massive pretrial detention on the basis of predictions of dangerousness. We would not have coercive plea bargains, which would dramatically lower the number of convictions and require prosecutors to focus on the most serious crimes worthy of the time for a trial instead of mass

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The government unlawfully intimidates people to give up their right to a jury trial by threatening greater punishment if they do not, but the Court has refused to protect the jury trial from this government coercion. This conflicts with the protection the Court gives other constitutional rights, where it has made clear that the government cannot

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