Great Legal Quote of the Day: H.L. Mencken
“Judge: a law student who marks his own papers.” —H.L. Mencken 1880-1956 (exact date unknown) Sources: http://tinyurl.com/lnthuqd http://tinyurl.com/lvtyxve
Great Legal Quote of the Day: Ambrose Bierce
“Lawful: adj. Compatible with the will of a judge having jurisdiction.” –Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary, 1911. Sources: http://tinyurl.com/mlw5umr http://tinyurl.com/mfy5prw http://tinyurl.com/meu6ftb
Great Legal Quote of the Day: Louis Brandeis
“Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.” —Louis Brandeis, concurring opinion in Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357, 376 (1925). Sources: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/274/357/case.html https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/274/357
Great Legal Quote of the Day: Aeschylus
“They shall swear to make no judgment that is not just, and make clear where in this action truth lies.” —-Aeschylus, The Eumenides (from The Oresteia), c. 458 B.C. Sources: http://tinyurl.com/kyac4vh http://tinyurl.com/mh9e4ys