Captain America's prosecution case, in essence, is not a simple legal matter. This is a very profound political matter. The decisive factor in the whole matter is not what the court's decision is.
It's whether the White House, Congress, Pentagon, and S.H.E.L.D. can reach a suitable balance. If the four parties can't reach a suitable and mutually recognized result. This trial will be endlessly prolonged.
And the important factor that will ultimately affect the direction of the four parties is public opinion. Although ordinary people are weak individually, they are the cornerstone of the entire society. Whether it's a superhero or a government, if it's separated from the people, it's equivalent to losing the vegetation that grows in the soil and will soon wither.
The direction of public opinion will completely determine the final outcome of this event. A large part of the reason for the reduction of the S.H.E.L.D. budget is the constant urgency from the military and some problems of S.H.E.L.D. itself.
The constant pressure from the military is a key factor. There are people, there will be struggles, and when there are struggles, it's easy to divide into two factions. It turned out that when Nick Fury was there, he had various ways to get enough budget.
Perhaps a considerable part of the means was not so open and aboveboard, and it also made the military's teeth itch. It should be known that the predecessor of S.H.E.L.D., the National Strategic Science Agency, was an organization under the US military. Until 1955, they had to act according to the military's mood.
Now S.H.E.L.D. has fully grown into an important armed force of the country, and it can compete with the military. This made the generals in the Pentagon very dissatisfied.
Politics is a very profound and complicated subject. It involves countless conspiracies, compromises, negotiations, exchanges, and so on. It's hard for outsiders to know how serious the division of political power within a superpower is.
Because of the separation of three powers in the US political structure, that is, judicial power, legislative power, and executive power are not under the same jurisdiction. As a result, this country was united by the interests of the Federation.
In the face of a big interest relationship, that is: the integrity of the US national sovereignty and national territorial security. Under this premise, the whole country is divided into countless small interest groups and factions.
Washington, D. C. fought the War of Independence and established the United States. But the United States did not achieve a real sense of unity. The laws and interests between the states were different. At that time, the federal government was nothing more than an unstable coalition of interests.
It was not until Lincoln's Civil War that the entire country's interest factions were united in the form of war. This was how the modern American government and the distribution of power were formed.
In fact, up until now, every state in the United States had their own laws. These laws, under the condition that they did not violate the national constitution, added their own requirements. In a unified country, this was an unbelievable thing.
There were actually many different laws coexisting in one country. For example, it was legal to use a gun in one state, but it was illegal to bring it to the neighboring state. The police will arrest you, and you may even face jail time.
Such legal disputes are common in the United States. Some cars are legal here, but not there. Some drugs could only be bought in one state because they could not be bought in other states. Even marriage laws differed from state to state.
For example, the leaders of the FBI, which was also the Federal Bureau of Investigation, would not necessarily throw the White House's face. In Hoover's era, it was not news that the FBI illegally arrested and imprisoned people. It was common for them to interrogate some officials through illegal means. Because of the independence of power and the lack of adequate supervision, it was not an exaggeration to say that the FBI in that era was lawless.
Even the famous President Roosevelt in the history of the United States couldn't do anything when he met the big boss of the FBI, Hoover.
It was because of this situation that Roosevelt established an agency to fight against the FBI. It was both the CIA and the CIA.
In addition to being an extra pair of eyes and ears for the government, the CIA's most important function was to divide power from the FBI. In the past, the FBI was in charge of domestic and foreign intelligence, which was why Hoover was so respected. But the emergence of the CIA directly took away half of the power.
Simply put, the government set up a role to fight against the FBI, causing the FBI and the CIA to fight against each other. Since the establishment of the CIA, the dirty war between the FBI and the CIA had happened many times.
So simply put, the most important thing in politics was balance. The balance of various factions, various rights, and various interests. It might be a vague statement, but maintaining stability was the first requirement of the United States. Only with stability would the US government be able to do other things.
For example, Congress and the White House also had a relationship of checks and balances.
The army was the most important organ of violence in the country. This was especially true for the US military, which had the highest military expenditure in the world, but had no power to balance him.
Any politician knows that in a power struggle, he can lose to the other party. However, he could not allow a soldier to go on stage.
Because when the military came to power, it meant that the politicians had to hand over all their power and were powerless to resist. So in 1955, Howard Hughes When Stark introduced S.H.E.L.D., Congress and the president agreed to the plan.
S.H.E.L.D. directly tore a large piece of flesh from the US military to use as nourishment. Because of this, the military had been in pain for more than 20 years. Even now, it was still aching.
The existence of S.H.E.L.D. ensured that the US government had a trump card to restrain the military when necessary. However, the previous director of S.H.E.L.D., Nick Fury, was too powerful. He was even showing signs of suppressing the military.
His speeches were about external threats. To be honest, Congress and the White House didn't really want to hear it. Because they couldn't even handle things on Earth, where did they have so much time to care about things outside of space?
So it was only a matter of time before Nick Fury was fired by the government. As long as he made the slightest mistake, he would be caught and made a big deal out of it. Because for the government, balance was the most important thing.
The Captain America case in New York caused a sensation. But in Washington, DC, another trial was going on quietly.
This was the trial of Nick Fury by the Security Council. The charge was dereliction of duty. Nick needed to bear the responsibility for the fall of S.H.E.L.D.. This was decided internally.
Three members of the Security Council were in charge of the trial. They were not so much here to interrogate as to pronounce a verdict.
"Nick Fury, your dereliction of duty led to the fall of S.H.E.L.D... As well as your repeated overstepping of authority without notifying the Security Council. It has been decided by this Council that Nick Fury will be stripped of all his duties again, and due to the fall of the S.H.E.L.D. headquarters, you will have to bear the unshirkable responsibility! "The member in charge of reading the trial results read from the script.
"In this regard, I pronounce a verdict. Nick Fury will be sentenced to ten years in prison. Do you have any objections to this verdict? "
Nick Frey stood in the middle of the room and didn't say anything. He just stared at the committee member. His gaze was like he was about to devour someone. It was very uncomfortable.
Nick must be taken down and locked up. This was the unanimous opinion of the Security Council. Under Nick's leadership, S.H.E.L.D. soon became his word. The Security Council couldn't get involved at all. Except for the budget, there was no place for them to choke, which made many people feel unhappy.
Especially when Nick was arrested that day, there were even agents who wanted to stop Nick from being arrested. It could be seen from this incident that Nick's existence had seriously shaken the authority of the Security Council.
So Nick was in prison, and those agents who wanted to stop him from being arrested were all removed from the S.H.E.L.D. sequence.
The member felt very uncomfortable under Nick's stare, so he could only wave his hand and signal for the guards to take Nick away. Now that this matter was settled, he didn't want to see Nick again.
Just before Nick Fury left, he left behind a rather meaningful sentence, "The threat never stops!"
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Li Jie wasn't very concerned about the progress of Captain Rogers' case because he knew that this matter wouldn't end so easily. When the time came, he would support him in the comics and media, and help him hype up the matter.
Speaking of which, he had just helped him find a new colleague. Li Jie shook his head as he thought of this.
He picked up the phone and called Katie. The dissolution of the mutant school should be a big blow to Katie. As a friend, Li Jie felt that he needed to comfort her.
"Katie, how have you been? I heard that the Xavier School for the Gifted closed recently? "The call was connected. Li Jie asked with concern.
"It's alright. At least I made a lot of friends there. Although the school is closed, at least I have a lot of new goals! "Katie's voice didn't sound depressed, which made Li Jie feel good.
"You sound good. Do you have time tonight? I can treat you to dinner. "Li Jie invited. But Katie on the other side of the phone was a little hesitant.
"Oh, uh ~. Actually, I haven't been in New York recently. "
"Hmm?"
"I went on a trip with my classmates because of the dissolution of the school." Li Jie's intuition told him that Katie was hiding something.
"You're going on a trip now? Isn't it a little dangerous? " Li Jie remembered that he used Nightcrawler's identity to tell Katie that the mutants were in a bit of a dangerous situation.
This little girl was so brave to go out and play?
"Don't worry, we have a lot of companions," Katie said quickly.
It's because you have many companions that it's more dangerous. Li Jie still wanted to say something, but Katie hurriedly said, "We have to start preparing for the barbecue at noon. Jason, I'll call you later. Bye!"
Katie said and hung up the phone in a hurry. Li Jie always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with Katie. She was hiding something.
In fact, Katie was indeed hiding something. For example, it was true that she went on a trip with her companions, but it wasn't to relax, and the place where they went was a bit far.
She was now in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the famous City of God. And now she and Bob the Iceman were going to meet an important person.
Someone who could help this group of young people realize their unrealistic dreams.
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