The fact that the judge was impressed by
"the underlying and overarching issue" statement
suggests to me that
the litigation itself
may be treated as a work of legal philosophy
and as a work of art and as a work of literature.
Giving the supreme judicial court the opportunity
to reexamine the premises on which the legal system
is based and the conflict between those premises
and reality.
1) the function of the attorney general
2) 30A MGL and the nature of law
3) the nature of judicial discretion, of adjudication
4) the nature of society and government
5) the functioning of language; meaning in language.