| American anti-intellectualism at its most glorious. The best pick for U.S. Supreme: Someone who has no law degree. Inject common sense readings of the Constitution into decisions -- a move more beneficial than finding someone with empathy. Lawyers dominate the court but the Constitution does not require a law degree to be a justice. Time to diversify away from the narrow-mindedness of the legal profession.
I've bolded a couple of things in there ... I hope you can sort out what is what. Read and admire. Share it. The idea that you need not have any special training in law to be nominated for the highest legal spot in the entire free world isn't just alive and well on the nutcase fringes of the Libertarian Party. It's been given the weight of a semi-lucid retired editorial writer on one of the state's major media sites. This is part of a larger hostility towards the very nature of expertise. Readin' and writin' and high-falootin' stuff like that might fill your head with all manner of "book larnin'," but it's nothing next to the personal suspicions and prejudices of pig ignorant rednecks masqueraded as "common sense." It explains much about the state of the nation, especially our appalling scientific illiteracy. |
