Reparations for Slavery

This paper touches on points made between four lawyers in the discussion on how it would be possible to get reparations for slavery. Is reparations for Blacks plausible? Does statement in their discussion have credence in the court of law, or is it merely just outcome over process? Views coming from Robert H. Bork (author of The Tempting America) and Stanley Fish (author of the trouble with Principle), will also be covered to agree or disagree with statements made in the Harper articles.
These four lawyers (Willie Gary, Alexander Pires, Richard Scruggs, Dennis Sweet) have come together to discuss to find a way to get reparation for African American's for not only just slavery but also the affects slavery had on the Black population. Their first legal strategy is to file the case a simple lawsuit. "After the war, former slaves were promised forty acres and a mule, and we never got it"(Gary 57), and because of this they are trying to file this as a breach of contract case. The...