Expediency May Tip The Scales When Arguments

I Take Judge-made Law As One Of The Existing Realities Of Life.

As I Search The Archives Of My Memory I Seem To Discern Six Types Or Methods [of Judicial Writing] Which Divide Themselves From One Another With Measurable Distinctness. There Is The Type Magisterial Or Imperative; The Type Laconic Or Sententious; The Type Conversational Or Homely; The Type Refined Or Artificial, Smelling Of The Lamp, Verging At Times Upon Preciosity Or Euphuism; The Demonstrative Or Persuasive; And Finally The Type Tonsorial Or Agglutinative, So Called From The Shears And The Pastepot Which Are Its Implements And Emblem.

The Heroic Hours Of Life Do Not Announce Their Presence By Drum And Trumpet.

Justice, Though Due To The Accused, Is Due The Accuser Also. The Concept Of Fairness Cannot Be Strained Till It Is Narrowed To A Filament. We Are To Keep Our Balance True.

Expediency May Tip The Scales When Arguments Are Nicely Balanced.