If the object of the organized bar is to perpetuate itself in power instead of the promotion of liberty and justice for all, then every lawyer swears falsely every time he repeats the Pledge of Allegiance. He gets his countrymen’s contempt the old fashioned way: He earned it.

Besides, other institutions have been proven successes until they weren’t. Until 1860, Negro slavery was a proven success. Until 1905, the Romanov dynasty was a proven success. Until 1964, Jim Crow law was a proven success. The Soviet Union was a proven success until 1991. A long standing tyranny is still tyranny and will collapse as soon as its enemies gain enough power to break it.