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Article in the National Law Journal

Webster Smith v. United States of America: A perspective in the National Law Journal

I am honored to continue my fight with such noteworthy men, my wife, and my daughter by my side with God looking over.

July 15th, 2010 Posted by Web | Supreme Court Swag? | no comments

The Clock’s Ticking, I Just Count the Hours.

The less I talk, the more I am getting done.

June 8th, 2010 Posted by Web | Music Speaks | no comments

Just waiting for the day that glory prevails…

Back to blogging and preparing to take my last shot on the greatest stage, the Supreme Court. Regardless, I keep going.

May 17th, 2010 Posted by Web | Music Speaks | no comments

Anteaus

CAAF’s OPINION 

Sometimes, I wondered what I would feel like to be weightless once again.  You know the feeling.  Not a care in the world. Maybe, finances or a coveted new car but nothing serious. This is the feeling that I expected to feel before I turned 27, this June. 

I have always struggled under weight.  Whether literal or figurative, under weight, life is never easy.  My goal has always been to rid myself of the weight and fly, but rather, the weight remains. It is as heavy as my heart.  This blog wasn’t supposed to go on this long. My time to write on Friends of Webster was supposed to be definite. All of these assumptions reminded me of one thing.  Weight makes you stronger. Regardless of what happens in the future, this weight is a reality. The good and the bad of it is, it is all that I know.  I have carried it for so long.  Even amongst old academy friends, I couldn’t imagine what I felt like when I first met them.

This isn’t a sob story. It is a blessing. It is by this perspective that I find solace.  I am comfortable being thrown to the ground. I am comfortable with this weight, bringing me faster to the ground when I fall. This is likely where I will remain for a lifetime but I won’t fret because I have learned that this is when I am at my best.  There is an anecdote that I remembered from my high school’s mythology teacher, Anteaus was stronger when he was in contact with the earth.  Everytime he was thrown down, he stood stronger. 

So this is where I will remain, treading the earth while others take flight, at will. It only dawned on me, recently, that this livelihood is my strength. I am stronger than I would have been.  This opinion is linked above so that you can do what I did not, read it.  The outcome was important, the justification for it was not. I know what I need to do to make the best of my situation. I didn’t waste time mourning. In fact, like the growing strength of Anteaus, I felt a sudden strength and dignity.

I’ll be looking up from time to time.

March 29th, 2010 Posted by Web | Because Barack Wouldn't Do it | 2 comments