Perhaps it is fitting that their private personas do not match their Judicial facades, that they can be as petty or as vain or as egotistical as anyone. In actuality, it is more disturbing, for these people have been paraded before us as paragons of law, confirmed by our own democratically-elected government, and placed as the backstops to the potential tyranny of the Legislative and Executive branches, defenders of the spirit and the word of the Constitution. That they cannot live up to their office in public, speaks volumes about the society we have created for ourselves, where rank and privilege, rather than being dispensed with, is reinforced. One cannot stand before the Supreme Court, and have faith that you are receiving the fairest hearing.

Justice Kennedy would do well to review his own behavior, in light of this. It is not up to the Justices of the Supreme Court to have their pet Amendments to the Constitution, or their own slant or interpretation — they are expected to weigh a case, based on the conflict between the actions taken by both plaintiff and defendant, and determine how those actions match against the word and the intent of the Constitution. The framers left a lot of vagueness in the Constitution, because they knew it had to breathe, to grow, to branch out, just as American society inevitably would. They entrusted the Supreme Court with the power to oversee that growth, ensuring that every American could be sure of receiving justice in an imperfect world. As with the other branches of government, they are charged with protecting the greater good, and they cannot do that if they cannot defy their own prejudices and live up to the spirit of the laws they defend.

Dalton is full of candy-ass brats.

Revised quote from Ms. Stein: Pre-approval “allows student publications to be correct… I think fact checking is a good thing, and so is the money students’ parents fork over to keep everything nice and status quo and tidy and uncontroversial and boring and milkfed and normal and ass-kissing and stultified.” She is also a fan of do-overs. Too bad there are no do-overs in real life.

Any of the other lawyers here glad Rene Sance wasn’t in their 1L class? Way to cite, Rene! Sexy!

“Even at a high school publication, Mr. LoMonte said, the request for prepublication review sent the wrong message and failed to appreciate the sophistication of high school seniors.

“These are people who are old enough to vote,” he said. “’If you’re old enough to drive a tank, you’re old enough to write a headline.’”

I’m not entirely sure that I agree with Mr. LoMonte. I’m not aware of any credible publications that hire reporters who haven’t graduated from high school. However, I am in agreement that this should not be the normal practice. If you don’t trust the reporter, don’t do the interview.

I’m trying to reconcile the last sentence in my previous paragraph with the Obama Administration’s “shutting out” of Fox News, which I felt was unprecedented and wrong.

Interesting and obscure Rene. I would have probably missed it, if you hadn’t posted this. Those polls were alarming.