I like to discuss everything. I detest only this cowardly rancor that sometimes appears.
Did you represent yourself, then? Interesting that the Public sentiment was that high, that it didn't matter who the State chose. That is detail of change of heart in California it didn't know about. Thanks. And congrats for putting up such a high order defense that it won the day. And a very meaningful victory it turned out to be.
These other questions, to me, are right on point about the 9th Amendment. LAW is Alive. That's the first thing they teach.
It can bite, snarl, spit, shrug, cuddle, grow, evolve, turn against you, etc. For what is LAW? Two things for us, Common Law and the Constitution. So, my point is we bring it all on ourselves. It was a wide open, blank slate, based on Common Sense and a very crafty Constitution. And proceeding by, trial by jury, away we went.
We taught ourselves how to do this. It got us through instant wars that have not stopped since day one and Civil Rights. These things are only self-evident. They are not instant.
It is the heart and minds, of we the people, that decide what is LAW. It is not the govt. They only write laws.
We the people make LAW everyday in the jury. Laws are written, but the not the living LAW. It exists to wait for the next jury.
So, of course, it is not in balance. It is un-stable, like Science. And expensive, like Science. Always new rulings, to cause the collisions of logic. Always new situations to challenge those ruling. When Science and Law meet, Watch out, Nellie!!!
And by now, it is very similar to Science. Carefully constructed on bit by bit from basic principles. The Method of Law.
So, these questions will be consumed by LAW, at some point. Other than that I agree it should be looked it. It doesn't seem right to me.
But it will only be solved in the adversarial cauldron. The LAW.