Fact of the matter is that the "birthers" seem to be the only ones with the courage and conviction to stand up to a corrupt government, just like only a handful of true patriots originally dared to stand up to the tyranny's of King George in 1776.
The Civil Grand Jury, as it's sometimes called, is allowed for in a general sense in the Georgia constitution, and elsewhere in Georgia statutes. They can have a lot of power, hence, why government would like to limit their power.
Here's a few examples of Civil Grand Juries from recent Georgia headlines:
A civil grand jury released a report in May that found Clayton school board members weren’t “good stewards” of taxpayer money when they paid John D. Stephens about $2 million more than the school district’s appraisal for 155 acres to build three schools on land he owned in Riverdale. The school board also paid Stephens $7.8 million to grade the property without accepting any other bids for the contract. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Aug 3, 2007)SO, yes, they can have a lot of power. In fact, it's been said that "a grand jury can indict a ham sandwich if it wants to."DECATUR -- A civil grand jury looking into a rash of police-officer involved shootings in 2006, including 12 fatal ones involving just DeKalb County police officers, has recommended criminal investigations in three of those cases. "We will act on that investigation," said Gwen Keyes Fleming, the DeKalb County District Attorney. (11Alive.com, Mar 28, 2008)
Of course, this is not possible at the federal level. At present, a ham sandwich can only be indicted in the states of Alabama, Alaska, and Hawaii.
Since the precedent-setting case of Oscar-Meyer v. Meese, federal prosecution of ham sandwiches has become so difficult that it is rarely attempted. Prior to that case, ham sandwiches had been indicted on two occasions by federal grand juries. In one case the prosecution was dropped due to spoilage, and in the other (Baldwin v. Sweden) the ham sandwich was ruled to be acting in the capacity of a foreign ambassador, and was thus protected by diplomatic immunity. ;>)
Generally, the only people who bad-mouth Grand Juries are the politicians and public officials who can be reigned in by the them! And of course, an "out of control" ham sandwich...
