On March 22, 1998 a man who is now on the
short list for the Supreme Court gave some advise
to a distraught father whose son had just
shot himself in the head minutes before. The advice was,
"Obviously he should have used a higher
caliber gun."
What kind of creep says that to a weeping
father whose son is poised at death?
Eugene Volokh, professor of law at UCLA,
the premier expert on the 2nd Amendment, that is who.
Eugene Volokh, the man who helped plan the
strategy behind the Kenneth Starr investigation of
Bill Clinton with the active and cheerful
cooperation of the judge. There are people in the world
who should never be in a position to decide
issues that matter because they lack the compassion and the
simple humanity to see human issues in
human terms. Eugene Volokh is such a man. Ask him for
case
histories, never ask him to care. Never
expect him to recognize the right thing.
Eugene Volokh has been described by his
friends as a man who is color blind to a dispassionate justice.
All questions come to him through a filter
of political expediency. He knows this himself, deferring to
others when asked questions that necessitate
a human component.
Today we discovered that the District Attorney
in New York is dropping the case against John Fund
for domestic violence visited on the person
of his long-time girl friend, Morgan Pillsbury.
Hi, I'm
John Fund.
I beat
women - got any?
Eugene traded favors with Fund and it happened.
He gave evidence he created through a fabric
of distortions without blinking.
His own self-interest comes a long step before justice.
What kind of administration would consider
such a man for an office that necessitates
weighing human issues, balancing law and
compassion?
One might ask. Maybe one should.