Bufford v. PennDOT

DOWLING, J.,

“Out, Damned Spot!” .

When reviewing the works of Shakespeare, there are moments that seem chillingly contemporary. In the first lines of Act IV, Scene i of Julius Caesar, Antony, Lepidus and. Octavius are seated around a table with a list of the eminent citizens of Rome between them — deciding, in the wake of their assassinátion-cum-coup d’etat, who can be safely allowed to live, and who cannot:

“Antony: These many then shall die, their names are prick’d.

“Octavius: Your brother too must die; consent you, Lepidus?

“Lepidus: I do consent—

“Octavius: Prick him down, Antony.

“Lepidus:…