Violence May Be A Good

When I Started Law School I Was Shocked To Learn That Our Legal System Traditionally Had The Man As The Head And Master Of The Family. As Late As The '70s And '80s When We Were Fighting For The Equal Rights Amendment, States Like Louisiana Still Had A Head And Master Law.

We Have To Stop This Violence. We Have To Make The Political Nature Of The Violence Clear, That The Violence We Experience In Our Own Homes Is Not A Personal Family Matter, It's A Public And Political Problem. It's A Way That Women Are Kept In Line, Kept In Our Places.

Advice And Consent Does Not Mean Rubber Stamp In The Senate.

The Violence Against Women Act Is So Important. It Provides Money To Train The Cop On The Beat, To Train The Judges That This Is A New Day, That We Won't Tolerate This Violence And To Know How To Deal With It.

The Two Major Parties Too Often Present Us With A Choice Of The Evil Of Two Lessers.