To what extent does the Tom Robinson trial and its verdict in To Kill a Mockingbird reflect Judge Hand’s belief? "In 1944, federal judge Learned Hand gave a speech on the spirit of liberty, in which he reflected: I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws, and upon courts. These are false hopes; believe me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it."