Trial Lawyers Are Lucky

Trial lawyers are a lucky breed.  We get to spend our lives talking to juries about the magesty of our Constitution. More than others we get to see how ideals matter and how fragile our system really is.  For the majority of my life I have seen my leaders fight hard to uphold the Constitution.  While I may have had political differences with a politician, I have never actually feared that one group was actually a threat to our core American values.  I now fear for our Constitution.

As you enter your holiday weekend, please spend some time asking what kind of country do we deserve.  Do we need habeas corpus?  Do we want random traffic stops without probable cause?  Do we want weakend privacy rights and

a wholesale abandonment of the 4th Amendment?  Do we stand for pre-emptive war?  Should our government spy on its citizens?  Does a flag on your lapel, a yellow magnet on your SUV or a God Bless the USA CD mean you are more or less patriotic than the person sporting a weatherbeaten peace sign on his ’82 VW?

I love my country and I wish any person who may come upon this blog a safe and happy 4th of July.  God bless the United States of America.