The situation around Terri Schiavo was a deeply held conflict over what to do if someone isn't going to return to consciousness or competence. Who will decide? Even there, where we had settled legal rules, we still had disagreement. We're torn about these things.
Copy QuoteI busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.
Copy Quote View & ShareIt is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
Copy Quote View & ShareOne of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now.
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