Quote of the Day
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.:
“The first requirement of a sound body of law is that it should correspond with the actual feelings and demands of the community.”
Is that what we have? If not, why not?
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We must also protect ourselves from the whims and fads of society. I would rather uphold a law in the face of common hysteria than to let the Hard Copy generation upturn the rule of law.
The body of law is protected from these fancies by a legislative process that is slow, and rightfully so. Our system of law still allows for change, albeit slowly and carefully.
My favorite Oliver Wendell Holmes quote is:
I think you could fairly change “bigot” with either “rigid ideology” or “unyielding partisanship” to this quote and it would still be a telling observation.