In court, it sometimes seems like nobody ever agrees.  But those uniting against the proposed Victims' Rights Amendment might ordinarily scowl at each other in a courtroom.  They include prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys, the ACLU, battered women, 450 law professors, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Quite simply, the amendment fails to answer many key questions. Will victims be entitled to lawyers and who will pay for them? How will victims enforce their rights? What happens when the defendant's and victim's rights clash, for example, when the defendant's entitlement to a fair trial butts against the victim's demand for speed?