Even One Justice Can Advance Or Reverse

It's Better To Send In The Peace Corps Than The Marine Corps.

In Fact, The Legal System Is In Part Responsible For Their Very Size And Growth. And Too Often When The Individual Finds Himself In Conflict With These Forces, The Legal System Sides With The Giant Institution, Not The Small Businessman Or Private Citizen.

Individual Faults And Frailties Are No Excuse To Give In - And No Exemption From The Common Obligation To Give Of Ourselves.

One Question We Must Consider Today Is How We Can Take Action To Unify Our Nation, Heal Racial Division, End Poverty And Give Real-life Meaning To The Constitutional Mandate That There Be Equal Protection Under Law.

If A Legislator Is Safe From Competition, Or If He Represents Groups With The Same Economic And Political Beliefs, He Does Not Have To Change His Ideas Or Respond To The Needs Of The Broader Population. He Can Rest Content With A Mediocre, Absentee Performance Knowing He Will Be Returned To Office. And As He Is Returned Year After Year The Seniority System Gives Him Immense Control Over People From Other Parts Of The Country Whose Views He Need Not Heed At All.