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Also, why refer to litigators as the "black-coat crowd"? Why refer to them using a term dripping with contempt? Let me remind you that it is the trial court lawyer, who more often than not has gone to a local law school, who plays the biggest role in ensuring that the State does not encroach on constitutional rights. Lawyers practising before the constitutional courts are the ones who argue against the constitutionality of deplorably regressive legislation. The citizens of this country have the black-coat crowd to thank for R.C. Cooper, K.S. Puttaswamy, Maneka Gandhi, Kesavananda Bharati, Navtej Singh Johar, and god knows how many other decisions which safeguard their life and happiness. The life of the Law owes much to the black-coat crowd and I think you should be ashamed of yourself for considering them beneath you.