This often leads to unfair attacks on courts and our judicial system. It is constitutionally absurd to attack court decisions against school prayer simply because the majority wants such prayer. Yet such arguments are regularly made in attacks on the courts by citizens and even lawyers who should know better. Courts can continue to protect our freedoms only as long as we honor and support our courts. As my Constitutional Law Professor Reginald Alleyne noted, the courthouse guards at the United States Supreme Court would not do very well against any state militia opposed to Brown v. Board of Education.
Courts are effective only through the informed respect of citizens.
Lawyers and bar associations must keep aware of threats to our courts and be prepared to stand up for our courts. The judicial system is also tarnished by unfair attacks in plays, movies, television shows, and other media. In fact, these words are spoken by a riotous, anarchistic demagogue. People need to be informed that Shakespeare is here complimenting lawyers as protectors of the social order. Other inaccurate portrayals of the legal system abound.