Military justice is a classic example.
A commanding officer can bring a charge against an enlisted
man with no justification what-so-ever.
If the charge is minor the court-martial is conducted by
one officer and the enlisted man is allowed no counsel.
If the charge is more serious the trial is presided over by
a group of officers, many of whom are commanding officers
in their own right, and the enlisted man is allowed counsel,
another fucking officer.
All these brass are members of the club of course, so from
the git-go you know where things are headed.
The poor shit will be screwed, blued and tattooed and when
he gets out of the guardhouse he winds up right back under
the command of the rat-bastard that sent him there.
By the way, they don’t mention the above when you
go down to the recruiting station.
Islander.