Arguably the nastiest thing that happens to law students -- other than making them into lawyers -- is teaching them that law is simply politics by other means. You don't have to subscribe to the (blatantly obvious) position that Roe v. Wade, for example, no matter your politics, was an exercise in raw judicial politics; and once you see how that sausage is made, it is terribly difficult to look at any judicial decision of the twentieth century and see a process any different than a legislative accomplishment. Teaching law students this is very bad for two reasons: First, it...
