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The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience. It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive. A trial is the resolution of a dispute. Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins. I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution. The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law. The law is reason, free from passion. The law: it has honored us; may we honor it.

On April 28, 2010, P.K. Holmes, III was nominated by President Barack Obama to become the next U.S. District Judge of the Western District of Arkansas. Once confirmed by the United States Senate, Mr. Holmes will replace U.S. District Judge Robert T. Dawson. Aside from serving as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas (1993-2000), Mr. Holmes has been with WSH since 1978.