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  • We do the Bridge-Walks on Saturday mornings assuming no rain or other commitments. We meet at 7:45 a.m. and begin walking to the Golden Gate Bridge at 8:00 a.m. It's okay to arrive late; you'll just have to catch up or meet us after the turn at Fort Point. 7:45 a.m. SFYC-Marina parking lot to GGB & return, assuming a decent weather forecast. This is a walk TO, not over, the bridge, and back.

  • Description: Unless otherwise noted, all walks proceed as follows: we begin at the parking lot shown as Yacht Road on Mapquest adjacent to the north end of the Marina Green next to the St. Francis Yacht Club. We meet at 7:45 a.m. and at 8:00 a.m. ambling towards the Golden Gate Bridge, which is about a mile-and-a-quarter away. If you're late, it's easy to catch up. The round trip takes about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours. There are comfort stations at each end. Snacks and a bookstore are at the Warming Hut near the Bridge. Plenty of birds and boats to see along the way. Bring a friend or child, a camera or binoculars. Dress for wind and weather. Drizzles don't bother, rainstorms will cancel. We talk about something, nothing, birds, plants, boats, whatever, and if it relates to Con-Law, so much the better, but that's not required. We enjoy ourselves, basically, by getting fresh air and taking a more or less brisk walk, depending on what stops we make to smell the flowers or view a bird.

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  • Choose a work that you love and you won't have to work another day. Confucius
  • A sound mind in a sound body under a sound Constitution, that's our motto. rs
  • The key to nearly everything is a competent investigation, which means one conducted with integrity, an attempt to see where you might be wrong. RS w/ thanks to RPF
  • The key to creating an illusory world is a biased selection of facts according to a preconceived notion. - Thomas Sowell
  • The past isn't dead, it's all around you... rs
  • The past isn't dead. It isn't even past. -- Wm. Faulkner
  • If Constitutional Law doesn't get your dander up, you're not getting it. -- R. Sheridan
  • The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, but remember, you are the easiest person to fool. -- Richard P. Feynman
  • No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. -- U.S. Constitution, Amends 5, 14
  • No freeman shall be taken, imprisoned,...or in any other way destroyed...except by the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land. - Magna Carta
  • The only thing new under the sun is the history you don't know. -- Harry S Truman
  • Study the past if you would divine the future. -- Confucius

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October 09, 2006

Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift

No good deed goes unpunished department:

The Navy lawyer who put the "due" in due process has been passed over for promotion.

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October 11, 2004

FIRST, LET'S PROMOTE ALL THE LAWYERS

Apropos the Kerry-Edwards candidacies, both of whom are lawyers,Tony Mauro has this article in USA today highlighting the number of lawyers who have become president, and the distinction of their appointments to the Supreme Court. Adams's nomination of John Marshall as Chief Justice is a prime example. The Repubs are bashing Edwards for being a successful tort lawyer who has collected millions for clients who were severely injured by the activity of large corporations, their natural constituency.

Lawyers are held in low esteem, Mauro writes. No doubt we are in some places. That I can understand. Lawyers lead in taking controversial positions. That's what we DO. Legally. People who hate us hire us. I'm thinking of police officers and their sons who hire defense lawyers. And presidents. Pres. Bush is being represented by Jim Sharp, whom I met years ago, in the Wilson-Plame-Leak-investigation, below. One of the brightest, wittiest, and yes, sharpest, of the many upstanding lawyers around.

Meanwhile, we're out doing the world's work.

Lawyer are thus a bit like what the man said about women, "Can't live with 'em, and can't live without 'em."

Forget the lawyer jokes, see the lawyer cartoons from the New Yorker magazine here .

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