When I was in law school - (yes they had law school even in the Jurassic Period) - I would frequently endure the calumny of my fellow students as being to the right of Genghis Khan. The central thesis of our argument, regardless of the various guises under which it arose, was always the same - I argued that using judicial power to achieve social ends - without rigorous adherence to well reasoned and articulated judicial principles regardless of the loftiness of the intentions - was an invitation to abuse.
I remember distinctly having an argument with a fan of the Warren court - and I am sad to say that my prediction of that day haunts me for its accuracy: that if we did not claw back from the fuzzy reasoning we were allowing and the authoritarians took the reins that they would sweep away the fundamental protections the Constitution enshrined for the individual over the collectives.
Yesterday that day came - and now I have seen the light
So I say to you - this diary will provide you with that warm all over goodness that comes from a high fiber diary. 8 of 10 doctors surveyed say reading this diary will be good for you or at least not make things worse. Not only that but you will be able to drive your beautiful late model sedan through a misty forest along a crashing shore as you head to your side by side bathtubs where a pill promises you deep and lasting personal satisfaction. Now - back to our diary.
So - yesterday I had an epiphany. Justice Roberts you are right. The law is, after all, just a another marketing device. Why should judges not wet their beak from the great stream of commerce. When I read you opinion in Caperton where you blessed massive campaign infusions directly to judges I admit I did not see. But yesterday I came to understand.
So from now on - all speech should be marketed and trademarked and patented and most of all be declared the property of a few collectives. Accordingly - this diary space if for sale - as all good political opinion should be and as the High Court has declared the law is.
It is true that there seems some oily smelly feel to having a corporate hack and pathetic apologist for all manner of wrong doing be the voice that mars and defaces centuries of a legal tradition that gave flower to the great promise of mankings potential. But hey, for a few bucks, what is that - for I have fought too long - being mocked as a "trial lawyer" an "ambulance chaser" and on and on - because when the individual is assaulted by the powerful my naivete led me to believe there was a remedy at law. No more - and now - this commerical message,
Oh by the way - for those of you that care - it is my prediction that unless things change - the jury trial will disappear within a decade - unless of course it gets a corporate sponsor.