DEFEAT FASCISM

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I've always been lucky with friends. Many were attorneys. I never joined in any defamation games. Instead, I tried to learn from their applications of logic and law.

The law is a precious thing, It stands between us and destruction at times, between anarchy and peace at others. Can it be used for specious purposes rather than for good? Yes, but so can a surgeon's scalpel. So can a shovel. So can a hammer.

Today I think even more fondly about the attorneys I've known. Almost all have been honest and dedicated to the rule of law and logic. Not a single one I've known has ever crapped on the floor of the United States Capitol

Today we find ourselves besieged by the forces of evil and darkness. The purposes of those in power seek are to create an America composed of a binary population of favored rulers and proles.

Standing on the walls of the Fortress of America and defending us are a few brave lawyers. Let's send them our love.

TODAY'S EPIPHANY

 LAWYERS

 I’ve always gotten on well with attorneys. I admire them for their logic and willingness to see that all, not just the favored, receive a fair trial. Do some push the limits? Sure. But some physicians prescribe antibiotics for viruses. Some engineers designed the crematoria at Auschwitz. Heck, some urban planners even promote bike paths when kids are starving in the Mississippi River Delta.

Oh, and part of my feelings for attorneys are mercenary. They always made sure I got paid for expert testimony. Mostly my feelings stem from admiration for their knowledge. I might have followed the law, but I thought all attorneys had to do what Perry Mason did. That image shied me away. The thought of standing and speaking in public was more terrifying to me than thoughts of snakes, vampires, sci-fi monsters, or meeting a Catholic nun in the dark.

One of my best friends is an attorney. We jogged many a morning together and shared thoughts. He is a Harvard Law School grad, so unlike the venom-spewing Ted Cruz or Tom Cotton that they might be from different planets. I learned logic, dedication to the law, and concepts of the advocacy system of jurisprudence from him.

Imagine then, my dismay at the condition of the current United States Supreme Court. I always imagined it as a pinnacle of dedication, Knowledge, fairness, and legal righteousness. Along came the current majority.  Now I feel as I might have, as a youth, to find that Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Red Ryder, Tex Ritter, Lash Larue, and Hopalong Cassidy, were really Nazi spies.