To Create the Appearance of Fairness Cities may Join Baltimore in Appointing Attys [mannequin advocates] to Renters in Conveyer Belt Eviction Courts [still No Viable Defense to 'Failure to Pay Rent']

‘MAY IT PLEASE THOSE WHO RUN THE COURT & EVERYTHING ELSE.’ FUNKTIONARY explains: lex-icon - “law as image - the appearance of justice (the form) over the substance of justice via truth and law over humanity.”

MAKE IT LOOK RIGHT. From [HERE] As the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic stretch into 2021, millions of renters in Baltimore and nationwide are bracing for the possibility of having to show up in housing court to avoid getting evicted. But unlike their landlords, only a small fraction of them will do so flanked by an attorney. Fewer than [blah blah]

In reality there are few legal defenses to a failure to pay rent in MD and in many other landlord friendly states. Here, instead of providing meaningful, tangible substantive help where it is needed, the government merely pretends to help in order to maintain the appearance of justice. Such appearances are necessary to maintain control over our perceptions and our belief in the system. Destroy the illusion yourself. Go to landlord and tenant court and watch the proceedings. ‘COVID Housing court’ is a conveyer belt where mostly smug, white, loud talking judges move through the docket at a quick pace (each “trial” for failure to pay rent is about 5-7 minutes) to get home early or rush back to chambers to sit around. Occasionally mannequin like attorneys appear and go through the motions to defend the tenant (checking for errors on the complaint). Thereafter, obedient citizen-renters are re-assured that they are indeed losers but they had there fair chance in court to be heard by their masters. Then they say “thank you” to his/her Highness and shuffle out the court to the curb. On behalf of the landlord the government officially says ‘Get the fuck out.’ Providing an eviction attorney in COVID court will make the tenant citizen feel more better about getting evicted and provide the illusion that the process was voluntary.

Evictions Are Violence Committed by Mostly White Landlords Against Mostly Non-White Renters Because All Laws Are Violence.