1215: Magna Carta. Trial by a jury of one’s peers. Imprisonment only by jury trial and the law of the land.
2026: Imprisonment for “wrong” placards, internet posts, or thoughts.
Do you think, just possibly, that if medieval people had more respect for human rights than we do, that means there is something wrong with US?
• No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land.