Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, who was born in Michigan, became governor of Massachusetts, and ran for president of the United States in 2012, may consider himself a national figure. Given his years as a missionary in France, his success spearheading the 2002 Winter Olympics, and his ability to jet-set the world, perhaps he could be considered an international figure. Nonetheless, he is the junior senator from the Beehive State in the Rocky Mountain West. Unfortunately, his infamous op-ed in the Washington Post belies recognition on his part that he has a new constituency whose world view differs from his.

Allow me to speak for some of them — many of whom have been, if not my clients, then like those I have represented in court over the decades.