To: richardb72
John Lott, an economist who has written thought-provoking books on everything from gun control to the federal budget, says the pitched battles over court nominations are having real-world consequences. He argues that our federal courts are being intellectually degraded as politicians in both parties try to keep the brightest and most articulate lawyers from becoming judges.
I hope I am reading this wrong, but it sounds like Lott is equivocating here.
There are no intellectual lawyers on the left, just those who have no values, principles and prefer Marxism, Statism, or Progressivism to constitutional governance and jurisprudence.
6 posted on
10/13/2013 9:09:14 PM PDT by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: SoConPubbie
Intellect is a neutral resource. It does not equate to wisdom or righteousness.
7 posted on
10/13/2013 9:10:59 PM PDT by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
To: SoConPubbie
I.e. it is possible to be brightly foolish. Nobody guaranteed that intellect cannot serve lies, only truths. It’s the very nature of cosmic (divinely permitted) choice.
9 posted on
10/13/2013 9:12:24 PM PDT by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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