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In reply to the discussion: She Dialed 911. The Cop Who Came to Help Raped Her. [View all]jsmirman
(4,507 posts)that our system of enforcement fundamentally depends on private enforcement (lawsuits supplementing regulations by extracting costs as the price of corporate or individual bad actions).
If we could just somehow get another vote on the Court - the things that we could do. They think they are men of principle (and in the cases of Roberts and Alito - and part of this is my respect for both their legal acumen and the sincerity of their questions during argument - I think they are sincere in their beliefs), but their judgments (which I not only think are "morally" wrong, but I also disagree with, looking at them from a purely legal perspective) have set loose so much misery on a world that is already ailing. It's an incredible thing to think about.
I was pondering this looking at the elaborate grave of Rufus Peckham, the justice who authored Lochner v. New York. I couldn't help but think of how much suffering this man caused in the world because he was so damnably wrong.