I learned all about codes of good manners from my legal secretary in Japan, where I served as an Army trial lawyer during the waning days of the Vietnam War. Her name was Yae Minami, and she had served as…
Category: How Things Work
“Lawyers’ Wives and Other Reformed Whores”
Since a large number of us have known this lady for close to 70 years, you may not know it was not that uncommon for members of a royal family to suddenly up and enlist, as Elizabeth did at the…
The Supreme Court, Elections and Natural Law
Question: As he lay dying at age 87 in 1864, I wonder if Chief Justice Roger B Taney had it to do all over again, would he have had any regrets about his decision in the Dred Scott v Sanford…