Lawyer blogs are boring. I chalk this problem up to an understandable but flawed perception of the two privileges that lawyers are taught to honor: 1) attorney-client privilege and 2) work-product privilege. The attorney-client privilege protects private communications between a client and a lawyer. This sensible rule promotes a full and frank discussion so that […]
For all the attention the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution gets, very little attention is given to our right to jury trials. Starting with the Magna Carta in England, the pantheon of natural rights in America would be toothless without the right to seek redress and defend oneself before a jury of our […]
The truth is the light and the light is the truth. Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man In his groundbreaking 1952 book “Invisible Man,” Ralph Ellison introduces an unnamed African American narrator who relates his story from a basement-dwelling lit with 1,369 light bulbs. This room filled with light represents the man’s choice to see his life […]
Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something. Henry David Thoreau
Retroject [reh-trə-JEKT] Part of speech: verb Origin: Latin, mid-19th century 1. Project backwards.
Veridical Part of speech: adjective Origin: Latin, mid-17th century 1. Truthful. 2. Coinciding with reality.
True peace is not merely the absence of tension – It is also the presence of justice.
Soniferous Part of speech: adjective Origin: Latin, early 18th century 1. That conveys or bears sound. 2. That produces (a lot of) sound.
Part of speech: adjective Origin: Latin, early 17th century 1. Relating to tension. 2. Capable of being drawn out or stretched.
“A daughter of the American southwest, Sandra Day O’Connor blazed a historic trail as our nation’s first female justice,” Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement Friday. “She met that challenge with undaunted determination, indisputable ability, and engaging candor. We at the Supreme Court mourn the loss of a beloved colleague, a fiercely independent […]
