Ideally citizens are to think of themselves as if they were legislators and ask themselves what statutes, supported by what reasons satisfying the criterion of reciprocity, they would think is most reasonable to enact.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think the most important idea is to remember that there have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal.
The power to arrest - to deprive a citizen of liberty - must be used fairly, responsibly, and without bias.
There is respect for law, and then there is complicity in lawlessness.
Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a proposal, you can actually accomplish it.
Ordinary citizens are obliged and, if need be, compelled by force to meet their commitments. But let higher obligations of an international order be involved, and governments repudiate them, more often than not with a disdainful shrug of the shoulders.
I do think that Magna Carta and international law are worth paying some attention to.
The laws that we adopt embody the values and mores of our constituents.
Our elected representatives wisely enacted laws to protect our state and local governments from undue outside influence.
I want to do what I can to make the law make sense to citizens and businesses alike. I want the laws to assist them in worthwhile endeavors, not to stand as bureaucratic obstacles.
The whole question of fiduciary responsibility is a very old concept. You could make a movie about someone making that rule at any point in history, and within a few months, it will turn out to be timely.