We often
call ourselves a “nation of laws.” What it means officially is that we
collectively agree to follow specific sets of rules in order for our society to
function fairly, honorably and routinely in life and through mercantile
exchange. Congress take note.
Under
this banner we do not say that all laws are perfect, absolute or immutable.
What is right and just for one generation may not be so for the next, or the
next, for attitudes, requirements, conditions and values change. Congress take
note.
The
founding fathers provided a framework wherein changes through the will of the
people are to be made peacefully by a representative democracy, applying the
art of compromise and compassion. Congress take note.
We are
the only nation on Earth that has made the legal process an art form and who
calls that art, the practice of law.
What we might choose to do now is to
simplify the understanding and the administration of law so that timely
adjudication does not get bound up in a complex bureaucratic system and partisan rancor that often
requires more money than sense to get a resolution. Congress take note.
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