@fansy,
fansy wrote:
Quote:The law can be an incredible vehicle for social change—and lawyers are at the wheel. I think of Brown v. Board of Education and the Supreme Court cases that would follow, of the Voting Rights Act. In fact, in the Senate, we just renewed the Voting Rights Act, a reminder of the work that remains to ensure that every citizen’s constitutional rights are safeguarded. (Alas, the work of public-interest lawyers is never done.)
Does the phrase "an incredible vehicle" have any special sense?
Sure... It has the special sense of a godamned excrable lie... It is not about change, and is incapable of change, and it is all about order, and keeping the order of society, that is, with the rich and powerful on top and the poor at their service... Consider, that after every revolution it is law that is first reinstituted, first, to bring order and second, to legitimize the new power structure... It is the first act of counter revolution that signals the end of revolution, and the beginning of repression... Look at how the constitution sold out the Declaration of Independence... Look at how the Code of Napoleon paved the way for the return of the Bourbons, and sold out the sans collates... Law is forever backward in outlook and can only be dragged into the future with the life giving effort of thousands...
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