THE OTHER SIDE: Truth, justice, and the American way

I began writing this column on yet another dark MAGA morning and am back at it now during a new dawn. My idea was that during those dismal days there were disparate defendants, attorneys, jurors, and judges who were actively resisting Donald Trump’s authoritarian attempt to subvert the cause of justice, that despite the overwhelming power of the official machinery of the administration, brave men and women were unwilling to betray the principles that brought them to the law. I have watched my fair share of courtroom dramas, from “Perry Mason” to “Law & Order,” from the strait-laced to the wacky Ally McBeal. Later in life, I served on two different juries. Most of us are familiar with the oaths required to participate in the legal system. While these pledges vary with position, even by state, it seems to me that Superman has done the best job of summarizing what is supposed to make our legal system superior: truth, justice, and the American way.

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