To err is human, but to persist in error – actively undermining the constitutional order – is the hallmark of political folly. In a classic case of tragic political irony, the monstrosity devoured its own architects and is now devouring their successors. Yet, instead of restoring constitutional principle, successive governments tinkered around the edges of an institution that should never have existed. ICAC bypassed this reform entirely, combining the role of investigator, prosecutor, and public judge into a single statutory agency. As this column noted, the best weapon against corruption was there all along, one of the most effective common law institutions ever known: the grand jury.