It always gets eclipsed by taxes, but the American revolution was waged in no small part because of the English denial of trial by jury for the colonists. The English were finding it very hard to get convictions for patriotic activities that it deemed to be terrorism, much as our present day government does.
They were following the judges orders to the letter. The jury only declared a Count I deadlock because the jury instructions explicitly said the jurors must first decide Count I and only then move on to Count II.
The rat judge was hoping by moving to count II after the weekend Penny might get tagged with something.
-- While the inventor is allegedly Japanese, bitcoin sprouted first in the U.S. before spreading worldwide.
-- 92% of all bitcoin have already been mined.
-- The CCP kicked their miners out of the country when it tried to clamp down on it.
Temporarily. Decision will be appealed, and a special election could flip the House back to tied. In the meantime, Republicans get to elect a speaker.