Jackie Gardina on Nostr: We are seeing this play out in the US right now. "I often wonder whether we do not ...
We are seeing this play out in the US right now.
"I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws and upon courts. These are false hopes; believe me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it."
-- Judge Learned Hand, May 21, 1944
#law #lawfedi #democracy #liberty #judiciary
"I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws and upon courts. These are false hopes; believe me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it."
-- Judge Learned Hand, May 21, 1944
#law #lawfedi #democracy #liberty #judiciary