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== John Galt ==

== John Galt ==

But Judge Narragansett would not learn those details until later. Simultaneous with the events surrounding the Mulligan Bank, Judge Narragansett received a visitor in his chambers. Remarkably, this young man told of having been employed at the Twentieth Century in the last year of the life of Jed Starnes, and of having completed a prototypical [[John Galt#The electrostatic motor|electrostatic motor]] for use in automobiles. He had been present when Jed Starnes had died, and when the heirs had taken over. The heirs had then proposed a business plan by which they would have all workers work as they were able, and be paid according to their needs.

Judge Narragansett agonized over that case, and over many other cases, for six months. And then, doubtless while snapping a pencil in two over yet another case in which he found the law not only inequitable but unconstitutional, Judge Narragansett received a visitor in his chambers. Remarkably, this young man told of having been employed at the Twentieth Century in the last year of the life of Jed Starnes, and of having completed a prototypical [[John Galt#The electrostatic motor|electrostatic motor]] for use in automobiles. He had been present when Jed Starnes had died, and when the heirs had taken over. The heirs had then proposed a business plan by which they would have all workers work as they were able, and be paid according to their needs.

That, then, was how Jed Starnes' heirs had run their company into the ground so that Lee Hunsacker would even be in a position to try to take it over. But the young man had left long before then, and in fact on the first day of the new administration. He had told them,{{cquote|I will stop the motor of the world.}}

That, then, was how Jed Starnes' heirs had run their company into the ground so that Lee Hunsacker would even be in a position to try to take it over. But the young man had left long before then, and in fact on the first day of the new administration. He had told them,{{cquote|I will stop the motor of the world.}}

This man's story was relevant, not so much to ''Hunsacker v. Mulligan'' as to Judge Narragansett himself. As this man had quit the factory, and the world, he now encouraged Judge Narragansett to quit the bench. He asked the judge how long he could continue to judge when an attempt by him to charge a jury to follow the Constitution, and certain principles of individual liberty, had been reversed on appeal, and likely any future attempt on his part would suffer a similar reversal.

This man's story was relevant, not so much to ''Hunsacker v. Mulligan'' as to Judge Narragansett himself. As this man had quit the factory, and the world, he now encouraged Judge Narragansett to quit the bench. He asked the judge how much longer he could continue to judge when an attempt by him to charge a jury to follow the Constitution, and certain principles of individual liberty, had been reversed on appeal, and likely any future attempt on his part would suffer a similar reversal.

Judge Narragansett realized that he could not argue with this man. This man was not a [[lawyer]], but he had presented a case that was virtually impossible to argue with, even ''for'' a lawyer.

Judge Narragansett realized that he could not argue with this man. This man was not a [[lawyer]], but he had presented a case that was virtually impossible to argue with, even ''for'' a lawyer.