Kudos to this woman for her courage and her moral fiber, but I must strongly suggest she hire herself some bodyguards. I suspect she’s gonna need ’em, and I don’t mean just one, either.
So, here’s my big (for me) announcement: I am retiring from the active practice of law in the courts. I will no longer be representing clients in litigation (criminal, civil, appeal, administrative) matters or defending investigations. I am done being a working litigator.
I’ll have more to say later, but the bottom line is, after 26 years, & especially the last few, I have come to an inescapable conclusion: there is no justice to be had in our “justice” system. I am no longer willing to participate in a system that I consider to be a total farce.
My status as a practicing litigator has constrained me from speaking truth to and about the system. With that constraint removed, I will not be silent any longer.
The state of our institutions – particularly the criminal “justice” ones, but also the federal civil courts – is dire, & is unacceptable for a functioning republic. They must be radically overhauled & reformed, & a renewed emphasis on first principles restored.
Lawyers working from inside the system can make some changes, but not the radical reforms that we now need. Some of us will need to be outside the system to do what is necessary & what can only be done by speaking freely.
That can’t be done by me personally unless I no longer have clients whose interests I am honor-bound to place above those of the system and the nation. So, I am changing that to chart a new course.
I may in future again testify as an expert in clearances & I will probably still provide consulting advice to people who need help w/the clearance process.
But, in the main, & for the foreseeable future, I am going to be focusing on our most urgent needs as a nation.
We must rededicate ourselves to the rule of law, to federalism, to free speech, to true tolerance, to the Bill of Rights, to liberty values.
We have lost our connection to these things. We must find it again. We will lose the Republic if we don’t.
I leave you for now with this observation from Elmer Davis:
“This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it.”
Amen to everything you’ve said here, ma’am. Fair winds and following seas to you and yours.
(Via Insty)
I knew it was bad, but I hoped it wasn’t this bad. The criminal justice system is broken, and anyone can be selectively prosecuted at any time. Even if found not guilty, the person is often financially ruined.
Tough times are ahead.
Folks we are not a republic, the Constitution has been usurped by evil. And “our” guys are complicit