RI SC - The Heart of the Matter

The language of liberalism is the language of the plaintiff bar.  And the increasing number of ex-conservatives, 2nd-gen counterculture, and newly poor are all ears. 

That's why it might be wise for the defense attorneys to veer off legal message now and then. Defense attorneys are known to be hardwired to questions of law.  One of those now and thens might be the Rhode Island Supreme Court oral arguments re lead paint public nuisance litigation.

N.B. Defense attorneys for Sherwin-Williams, NL Industries, Millennium and Atlantic Richfield. Along with how the plaintiff allegedly violated First Amendment rights and how witness David Rosner allegedly misrepresented his scholarly objectivity, why can't there can liberal words and phrases such as:

• "The right thing to do"
• "Society must step up to the plate"
• "Deliver justice to the people, especially the children, of RI"
• "The potential of every child in this state."

Sure, defense attorney Don Scott won "City of Milwaukee" and "Thomas" via the law.  But that was Wisconsin, months ago before economic gloom hung over us like death.  The oral arguments are in RI, one of the most liberal and economically depressed in the nation. In a proceeding about the welfare of children, there needs to be the heart of the matter.