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The Coronavirus and the “Common Good”

The Coronavirus and the “Common Good” The coronavirus could be called a “common bad.”  It reminds us that there are positive alternatives as well.


"All Rise!"

“All rise!” is what the clerk of court calls out when a judge enters a courtroom, at all levels of our legal system, from traffic court to the Supreme Court. We are asked to rise out of respect for the judge, who represents the judiciary branch of government, in which we place the even-handed enforcement of what we call the rule of law.