{"id":10163,"date":"2022-07-31T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=10163"},"modified":"2022-08-01T18:36:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T13:06:04","slug":"what-are-kangaroo-courts","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/what-are-kangaroo-courts\/","title":{"rendered":"What are &#8220;kangaroo courts&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is the meaning of the phrase?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-07-31T18:32:00+05:30\">31st July 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\">\n<summary class=\"wo-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: center;\">Read more<br><br><\/summary>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>The growing number of &#8220;media trials&#8221; is proving to be a barrier to justice, and &#8220;kangaroo courts&#8221; run by the media are harming democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n><li>A kangaroo court, according to Oxford Dictionary, is &#8220;an unofficial court held by a group of people to try someone believed to be guilty of a crime or misdemeanor, especially without strong evidence.&#8221;<\/li><li>In a less literal sense, it is used to describe actions or processes where a decision is made in a way that is unjust, biased, or unjustified.<\/li><li>Although the phrase&#8217;s beginning is unclear, it is thought to have been in use since the 19th century. It is also unclear why the word &#8220;kangaroo&#8221; is employed, but there are several theories.<\/li><li>According to the Collins Dictionary, it could be to convey the impression that &#8220;justice progresses by leaps and bounds&#8221; in the case of kangaroo court verdicts.<\/li><li>Ill-informed and agenda-driven debates on issues involving justice delivery are proving to be bad for democracy.<\/li><li>The term &#8220;kangaroo court,&#8221; which frequently makes headlines, was also recently used by former US President Donald Trump, who described the committee hearings on his suspected involvement in the Capitol Hill incident as a &#8220;kangaroo court&#8221; investigation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/everyday-explainers\/kangaroo-court-meaning-phrase-8057627\/\">IE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning of the phrase? 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