To Honor A Friend

I am writing a brief which, as always, is based on the Constitution of The United States. Thanks to one of my best friends, I got a chance to see the Constitution of The United States and the Bill of Rights again. He drove me around to places I haven't seen in 20 years and he waited outside, in cold rain, for 20 minutes, just so I could go into the National Archives and see those great documents. In short, thank you just isn't enough for what he did for me. It sent a shiver down my spine to read the Fourth Amendment in the ink from, and the handwriting of our founders. Our Fourth Amendment in our Bill of Rights reads as follows:

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

It is very rare that I get to read the original text that has bought and paid for everything that KJ and I own. If it weren't for these words, I wouldn't have a profession. These words represent my professional passion. I was put on this earth to rise above politics, crises, and terrible crimes to protect these very words for the benefit of all the people of these United States.

I've thought long and hard about how to honor my friend who took me back to a place where I find the ultimate inspiration and to thank him for what he did. This blog just isn't big enough, so I've written the following in the best brief I've ever written and which I expect will reach the highest of Courts..

"It is far too easy to think that our Constitution no longer exists in the face of the law Legislators and Judges have created to kill it. The chief offender is the Patriot Act(citation omitted). Thanks to a friend, who waited in the rain, I am proud to report that the Constitution is alive and well despite the best efforts of the powers that be (45)."

Footnote 45 Simply reads. Thanks MCR.

Thanks old friend, I'll never forget that rainy Sunday in Washington DC.