The West Coasters have created a synthesis of Strauss's defense of the classical doctrine of natural right — the view that there is a single immutable standard of justice — with the wisdom of the American founding fathers, supplemented by Lincoln and Churchill (recently names like Calvin Coolidge and Clarence Thomas have been added to the list).
Again, the decision reflected dominant public opinion rather than the immutable laws of truth, justice and the American way.
Time has proven a few immutable truths about humanity: Justice is a myth stored in the popular consciousness, humans are descended from monkeys, and Pitbull contains not a single ounce of shame within his Cuban bones.
It is a sad reflection of capital punishment's immutable position in certain US state justice systems that a string of torturous and tortured executions have spurred debate about how the state can better kill people, rather than an empowered push to outlaw state murder.
We do a disservice to the cause of justice by intimating that bias and discrimination are immutable, or that racial division is inherent to America.
Obama said that what happened Ferguson "may not be unique, but it's no longer endemic", and added: "We do a disservice to the cause of justice by intimating that bias and discrimination are immutable, or that racial division is inherent to America".
Consider the comments of Diana Bryant, Chief Justice of Australia's Family Court: If children's immutable rights are in issue we should say so, rather than attempting, as I think we have done, to quietly subsume human rights considerations under the rubric of 'best interests' [ 8].
If only it were that simple: an immutable and sacred law which, in its wisdom speaks to eternal values of justice, fairness, and economic prosperity.
The main reason for our woes comes from legislators and justices, such as [Justice Antonin] Scalia, who prefer to see [in it] an immutable document, even if it keeps us in the infancy of our birth as a Nation.
