Court Opinion

ID: 9752931
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 18:45:53.768442+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:27:25.633523
License: Public Domain

*86Concurring Opinion by
Mr. Justice Cohen:
The apparent lack of appreciation of the lawyer’s fundamental responsibility to the courts, the public and our form of government which is evidenced by the dissenting opinion compels me to make this observation in support of the majority.
Since the founding days of this nation,.the lawyer has played an important part in our democratic process. It was through the lawyer and his intimate relationship with government that our country developed the unique institutions that now characterize our American society. The large number of lawyers who have been presidents, governors, congressmen and legislators, not to speak of those who served in countless other public positions, have closely identified the lawyer with our democratic government and our democratic institutions.
The relationship of the lawyer to his government should provide an exemplary standard for the relationship of the general public to its government. Actions that breach the solemn trust that the lawyer owes to his government do great damage to our- democracy. They should not be glossed over, justified or excused by unwarranted emotionalism.