"A central requirement in the design of a legal system is the protection of law enforcers from coercion by litigants through either violence or bribes. The higher the risk of coercion, the greater the need for protection and control of law enforcers by the state. Such control, however, also makes law enforcers beholden to the state, and politicizes justice. This perspective explains why, starting in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the relatively more peaceful England developed trials by independent juries, while the less peaceful France relied on state-employed judges to resolve disputes. It may also explain many differences between common and civil law traditions with respect to both the structure of legal systems and the observed social and economic outcomes." The Quarterly Journal of Economics November 2002, Vol. 117, No. 4, Pages 1193-1229.

You said, " ... (COME ON, who didn't know he was doing it 24/7???)". That means that Karl Rove, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, aide to the White House Chief of Staff, wielded enough influence to have law enforcers beholden to him? I think you're watching too many movies.