A Government of Laws? Not So Much

As an attorney, I am seriously hacked with U.S, Attorney General Eric Holder and his Oregon counterpart, Ellen Rosenblum. Lawyers are supposed to zealously represent their clients within the bounds of the law, even when they may personally disagree with the client's position. That's the essence of being a professional, but does it apply to government attorneys? Nah!

Holder has failed to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA - man/woman marriage) in the courts saying it is indefensible. Never mind the fact that there are a couple of thousand years of history in every country in the world that has followed this principle and it was adopted by a majority in Congress and signed by President Clinton, Holder doesn't like it and won't defend it. Now he has told the state attorneys general that they can do it too. Rosenblum jumped the gun and announced that the Oregon DOJ will not defend the Oregon Constitutional amendment similar to DOMA passed by voters in 2004. Whee - this is fun! 

The bottom line is that the Ruling Class, not the citizens, know what's best for us and this trend is accelerating. It is profoundly anti-democratic and profoundly anti-professional on the part of supposedly top lawyers. They have become political toadies and nothing more. Professor Jonathan Turley, of The George Washington University Law School, is quite liberal but has testified before Congress that he too is greatly troubled by the trend and is fearful that we are no longer a government of laws but one of men and historically that has always spelled trouble. Well, trouble is here at both the Federal and state levels and once both sides of the aisle get a taste of unrestrained power, the United States is in for some ugly times.