Judge Johnsons career reflects a strong belief that a civilized society must require all men to live under the same law. Tradition must never be mistaken for law. and it does not justify the existence of a double legal standard. As Judge Johnson stated on Law Day in 1967. in an address to newly naturalized American citizens: It is necessary. now more than ever. that the responsible American citizen realize and discharge his obligation constantly to support and defend the proposition that our law is supreme and must be obeyed. This means that irresponsible criticismby those who can hardly read the Constitution. much less study and interpret itmust not be allowed to stand unchallenged. When those who frustrate the law. who undermine judicial decisions. run riot and provide uncurbed leadership for a return to nothing more than medieval savagery. for the responsible American citizen to remain silent is -tantamount to cowardice. it is a grievous injustice to the proposition that in America the law is supreme.
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