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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: the_wheel who wrote (479651)3/30/2012 2:39:57 PM
From: skinowski3 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) of 793568
 
Chess champs are folks who are capable - within their system of values and game rules - to calculate likely consequences of an event. This is, I'm sure, something they have in common with many Harvard law school grads - incl. cum laude grads and Supreme court Justices. Those folks may not be able to foresee what will happen 8 or 10 steps ahead, but they should be able to do some 3 or 4.

Anyone reading the Constitution will notice that it is mostly about keeping the government under control - and safely tied down. Leaders and warlords and scholars don't like that. They think they can do better than a bunch of dead white dudes. They keep claiming that the Constitution is important to them, and it is - but not literally. It is important as a basis - and as a departure point. Regrettably, too often those departures are in the direction of weakening principles that work - and promoting ideas that don't.

This week we saw a supreme Justice showing her belief that to refuse free (but in reality confiscated and redistributed) corn is laughable.

Yep, corruption has many angles and incarnations. The Supremes are no longer independent scholars. Often, they act like political functionaries. They vote party lines. That's not good. That's why your Harvard law student test, instead of waking them up, might confuse them. It's a good list of questions; maybe it's worth sending it to them. Who knows. Every little bit helps?
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