What does one do when faced with an impossible task?
This website and forum has been up for a grand total of eighteen days, and I must admit to doubts about what I am doing. My web statistics show me an unexpectedly large number of hits, and the message board tells me that we've had more visits than I would have expected. Yet, no one other than a couple of people close to this effort has replied to a post, or posted his or her message, or sent e-mail. That sounds pretty whiny, so I'll get to my point.
There are a lot of politically and socially conservative websites on the internet, and a lot of very smart people working on issues that concern us all, yet in my searches I have found very little about serious changes to how the courts operate. Eagle Forum is a standout exception to that, but I am simply unaware of a grassroots groundswell effort dedicated to informing the courts that we care, and are watching, and are willing to take action. Perhaps I don't find such a movement because there isn't one. Why is that?
Why does CourtZero.org exist? It exists because I have something of the quixotic in me. Like Rhett Butler said as Atlanta burned in "Gone with the Wind", I am a sucker for a lost cause.
We don't have to change our form of government. We don't even necessarily have to shut down any courts. What we do need to do is to send a very strong message, backed up by passion and intelligence, that we believe appellate judges to be public servants, protectors of the law, and fellow Americans, not mysterious priest-kings.
I am hoping that someone might resond to this post. If so, I will go on to Swing Away part 2.
This website and forum has been up for a grand total of eighteen days, and I must admit to doubts about what I am doing. My web statistics show me an unexpectedly large number of hits, and the message board tells me that we've had more visits than I would have expected. Yet, no one other than a couple of people close to this effort has replied to a post, or posted his or her message, or sent e-mail. That sounds pretty whiny, so I'll get to my point.
There are a lot of politically and socially conservative websites on the internet, and a lot of very smart people working on issues that concern us all, yet in my searches I have found very little about serious changes to how the courts operate. Eagle Forum is a standout exception to that, but I am simply unaware of a grassroots groundswell effort dedicated to informing the courts that we care, and are watching, and are willing to take action. Perhaps I don't find such a movement because there isn't one. Why is that?
Why does CourtZero.org exist? It exists because I have something of the quixotic in me. Like Rhett Butler said as Atlanta burned in "Gone with the Wind", I am a sucker for a lost cause.
We don't have to change our form of government. We don't even necessarily have to shut down any courts. What we do need to do is to send a very strong message, backed up by passion and intelligence, that we believe appellate judges to be public servants, protectors of the law, and fellow Americans, not mysterious priest-kings.
I am hoping that someone might resond to this post. If so, I will go on to Swing Away part 2.
