Friday, October 16, 2015

When you are judged by vulgar bullies...

Here are two enlightened opinions on the same topic - what is a civil rights attorney to do when he or she comes across a case which is "morally compelling, but legally hopeless".

Here is what a law professor thinks a civil rights attorney should do:


And here is what a public servant, a currently serving federal judge Richard Kopf thinks the civil rights attorney is if they do it - and present the results of their legal research to the court:



I believe, these two quotes should begin and end the law school course on civil rights litigation - because that is the essence of the civil rights litigation in America: 


  • a lot of good-faith aspirations for a legal remedy for constitutional violations allegedly supported by the Civil Rights Act 
  • that are usually struck down by a lot of vulgar, lazy and closed-minded bully-judges.

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