Migrating to the West

After discussion on Tuesday, I realized that what I wrote about in my paper sort of goes with it. In the movie True Grit, there was an obvious problem for Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne) when lawyers moved into the area. In the late 1800s, there was a huge increase in the number of lawyers in the U.S. Most of these lawyers moved to work in the West, where the standards were lower and there was a "need" for them (if you want to say that.) Obviously there weren't many lawyers in the West, so the job market was open. Judges and federal marshals, who were presently in charge, were now having to explain their decisions and listen to both sides of the story. This bothered many people, as they would now have to answer to the things they had done.