It’s worth bearing in mind what Joseph de Maistre, a French lawyer and diplomat, wrote: “Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite.” People get the government they deserve. That is nowhere more true than of American lawyers and judges. If we allow people to purport to lead us even when they viciously violate the principles that we ho…
It’s worth bearing in mind what Joseph de Maistre, a French lawyer and diplomat, wrote: “Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite.” People get the government they deserve. That is nowhere more true than of American lawyers and judges. If we allow people to purport to lead us even when they viciously violate the principles that we hold dear, we deserve what we get from such so-called leadership.
It’s worth bearing in mind what Joseph de Maistre, a French lawyer and diplomat, wrote: “Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite.” People get the government they deserve. That is nowhere more true than of American lawyers and judges. If we allow people to purport to lead us even when they viciously violate the principles that we hold dear, we deserve what we get from such so-called leadership.