US Supreme Court rules for Google over Oracle

Posted Apr 28, 2021 22:25 UTC (Wed) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: US Supreme Court rules for Google over Oracle by nix
Parent article: US Supreme Court rules for Google over Oracle

The Magna Carta guaranteed the right to "a trial by a jury of ones peers". But it only guaranteed it to the nobility, the Peers.

Basically, it was a reigning in of the absolute powers of the King, and making him formally answerable to the Baronage. This is the birth of Parliament and the House of Lords, I guess... the King could no longer sling a Lord he'd fallen out with into the brig without at least the permission of the other Lords.

All part of the everlastng political struggle between those in power, and those who want to be in power.

Cheers,
Wol