Candor And Accountability In A Democracy Is

I Think Mistakes Are The Essence Of Science And Law. It's Impossible To Conceive Of Either Scientific Progress Or Legal Progress Without Understanding The Important Role Of Being Wrong And Of Mistakes.

When It Comes To Partisan Politics, Everyone Is A Hypocrite. And All They Care About Is Whether It Hurts Or Helps Them ... Is It Good Or Bad For The Democrats? Is It Good Or Bad For The Republicans? Is It Good Or Bad For Jews, Or Good Or Bad For Blacks, Or Is It Good Or Bad For Women? Is It Good Or Bad For Men? Is It Good Or Bad For Gays? That's The Way People Think About Issues Today. There Is Very Little Discussion Of Enduring Principles.

We All Learn In School That The Judicial, Legislative And Executive Branches Of Government Must Check And Balance Each Other. But Other Non State Institutions Must Participate In This Important System Of Checks And Balances As Well. These Checking Institutions Include The Academy, The Media, Religious Institutions And Ngos.

I Don't Think The Law Exists To Arrive At The Truth. If It Did, We Wouldn't Have Exclusionary Rules, We Wouldn't Have Presumptions Of Innocence, We Wouldn't Have Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt. There's An Enormous Difference Between The Role Of Truth In Law And The Role Of Truth In Science. In Law, Truth Is One Among Many Goals.

Judges Are The Weakest Link In Our System Of Justice And They Are Also The Most Protected.