Copying the Wrong Cat
6th September 2026
Justice Louis Brandeis wrote that “Our Government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher.” He was right, for better or worse. Our court system is a part of our government, and trials, especially criminal trials, are also a great teacher. The spectacle of Lindsay Clancy murdering her children and perhaps getting away with it, while being supported by large numbers of sympathetic women, taught unfortunate lessons to many of the millions who followed the story.