On October 6th, at 10 A.M., Neal Katyal, an attorney for the Department of Justice, rose in front of the Supreme Court to argue the government's position in the matter of United States v. Stevens.
The Justice rises at five in the morning, spends half an hour on his Exercycle, reads the papers, has breakfast, and by eight is in his chambers, where he reads Court papers.
As extradition becomes speedier and procedures tighter, the risk of miscarriages of justice rises, and in a way that the humble and innocent may find difficult to resist.
The number of United States senators and Supreme Court justices with Ivy League degrees has risen in recent years.
This column is an excerpt from "Rising in the Night: Compassion and Justice in a Time of Despair," a social justice Tisha B'Av Supplement published by Uri L'Tzedek.
But other justices have risen above partisan politics in the past.
In Los Angeles, Seattle, Washington, DC, and Boston, cries for justice for Brown rose above the streets.
He had predicted that he would do better with his outreach to the middle class and his emphasis on social justice and the rising inequalities in society.
But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme.
Once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme.
