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To: jbe who wrote (41735)	6/24/1999 3:25:00 PM
From: nihil	Respond to of 108807

As usual, I don't make a full enough explanation. In my opinion the founding fathers were, most of them, demigods. Not gods, they couldn't get rid of slavery, but demigods, only needing their human halves to die to be promoted to full deity. In my opinion, Warren, Black, Douglas, and Brennan were demigods. And all are legal divinities now. Justice was in their bones, and they had the courage to pronounce the truth, even if they were working with highly imperfect precedents. Warren was a powerful persuader and brought every one movable along. They swept absurdities away and, in my opinion, saved our country and the world. Nothing stands in the way of equal justice for all, of human and civil rights everywhere in the world. But if you read the decisions carefully, there is a self-assurance, an arrogance, a paternalistic "we know best," "all those other old white guys were wrong" that is easily found by conservatives and racists and thugs who don't believe the end justifies the means. I do believe that. I agree with Jefferson that life belongs to the living, and that a revolution every few years is a good thing. I've never had the slightest difficulty breaking laws when justice is at stake. My conscience is a judge that overrules any law. I expect no less in my favorite judges.