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Judge Narragansett (view source)
Revision as of 02:03, September 18, 2009
, 02:03, September 18, 2009→After the strike
It is, therefore, conceivable that he would become [[Chief Justice]] of a restored United States. And one of his first duties might well have been to preside over a trial of [[Mr. Thompson]], the man who last held office as [[President of the United States]], by a totally reconstituted [[United States Senate]], on articles of [[impeachment]] alleging the "high crimes and misdemeanors" of abdication of his executive responsibility, failure to provide a republican form of government, and failure to prevent an explosion of domestic violence. (And possibly as an accessory to mass murder, if the reconstituted [[United States House of Representatives|House]] preferred to impeach him for his role in establishing [[Project X]].) He would, however, consider the restoration of Constitutional government, with amendments to prevent the sort of abuses that had earlier driven him from the bench, to be the most important duty that he would likely be called upon to perform.
It is, therefore, conceivable that he would become [[Chief Justice]] of a restored United States. And one of his first duties might well have been to preside over a trial of [[Mr. Thompson]], the man who last held office as [[President of the United States]], by a totally reconstituted [[United States Senate]], on articles of [[impeachment]] alleging the "high crimes and misdemeanors" of abdication of his executive responsibility, failure to provide a republican form of government, and failure to prevent an explosion of domestic violence. (And possibly as an accessory to mass murder, if the reconstituted [[United States House of Representatives|House]] preferred to impeach him for his role in establishing [[Project X]].) He would, however, consider the restoration of Constitutional government, with amendments to prevent the sort of abuses that had earlier driven him from the bench, to be the most important duty that he would likely be called upon to perform.
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== Likely true-life analogue ==
As ever in the case of [[novel]]s,{{cquote|All characters are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and unintentional.}}
Furthermore, Ayn Rand never selected any particular antitype to form the basis of Judge Narragansett's character.
Nevertheless, today at least one prominent former jurist living in the [[United States]] stands as a close analogue and antitype for Judge Narragansett: Judge [[Andrew Napolitano]], formerly of the [[New Jersey]] Superior Court system, and now the legal analyst-in-chief for the [[Fox News Channel]]. Judge Napolitano has frequently commented, often scathingly, on the unconstitutional nature of various statutes and executive orders, decisions, and actions during the years of the [[George W. Bush]] and [[Barack Obama]] administrations.
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[[Category:Literary Figures]]
[[Category:Literary Figures]]