Why People Mistrust Supreme Court Justices
IMHO, this is the best insight from the JP vs. MY conversation on Bloggingheads:
In sum, an enjoyable and thought-provoking diavlog. Certain segments bring me back to the days when James, Peter, Joe Carter and I would argue about gay marriage at the C11 office. Though James and I disagree on that subject, I somehow always gleaned fresh insights from his arguments, despite the fact that I’d long since talked the issue to death with others. Indeed, I always feared that I gave insufficient appreciation to James’ rhetoric. When he’s on a roll, I’m only smart enough to understand it at an 85 percent level, unless I can listen to his words a second time—at which point they inevitably make subtle and astute sense. If James and Reihan ever face off I’m going to watch it at the slow speed.
What is John Yoo, Alex?
— Tony Comstock · Jun 4, 11:00 AM · #
Very interesting points! One criticism: why are they wearing the same glasses? What ever happened to round lenses?
— Ethan C. · Jun 4, 07:32 PM · #
“why are they wearing the same glasses? What ever happened to round lenses?”
That is the official “I a smart” lens shape/frame of the moment. You see a porn actresses wearing similar when they go on the Tyra Banks show.
— Tony Comstock · Jun 4, 08:11 PM · #
I don’t agree with Poulos’ contention that the distrust of rhetoric lies behind the modern dislike of the judiciary. The ancient (and modern) dislike focused on the ability of rhetoricians to persuade the people to choose wrongly. The distrust of the judiciary lies precisely in the fact that they are not persuading the people, but supplanting the people’s right to make decisions – taking away from them the right to choose at all.
— Withywindle · Jun 5, 12:36 PM · #