A history lesson

One of the most important documents in our constitutional history is the Magna Carta, a charter of rights extracted by the nobility from King John in 1215. Among those rights are:

In future no official shall place a man on trial upon his own unsupported statement, without producing credible witnesses to the truth of it.

No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land.

Just so we're clear about what the government is pissing on here...