No single person will receive enough to genuinely change their life. This money is symbolic of the fact that while you were still alive, people cared enough to forge a legal resolution. |
That's a terrible answer. There is no proportional representation requirement under the equal protection clause. If a first-year law student wrote that and submitted it in class, I would send it back and say it was unacceptable. |
This is unprecedented. The biggest fear is that people won't respond, that they're cynical or hopeless. |
What remains to be done is intensely investigate these claims. |