Friday, February 13, 2004
Rehnquist Protested
They had gathered outside the UA's college of law to protest Rehnquist's decisions as chief justice. Their purpose, they say, was to spread information concerning Rehnquist and the issues surrounding him. However, I have been typically turned off by protestors--and shy away from them. You can always tell when a protest on campus is occurring due to the majority of people crossing the street to get away from the protestors.
The law students protesting hoped to let the chief justice know their opinion; however, they must not have been paying much attention in class. The purpose of the Supreme Court is not to cater to the diktats of the populace but rather to rule according to the law of the land. The Founding Fathers even removed the Supreme Court from the realm of the population's control by making the Court accountable to the President and the Congress. I guess their ignorance highlights not only the poor education students get in high school (which is where I learned this stuff) but also the inability of a college education to teach even the basics about the Supreme Court.
But Arizona has done a great job in raising up leaders, despite its mediocre education, as evidenced by the rise in power by Sandra Day O'Connor, Chief Justice Rehnquist, and Barry Goldwater.
Dont these people have class or work or something? On Thursday, I had class from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. So why weren't these people in class?
They had gathered outside the UA's college of law to protest Rehnquist's decisions as chief justice. Their purpose, they say, was to spread information concerning Rehnquist and the issues surrounding him. However, I have been typically turned off by protestors--and shy away from them. You can always tell when a protest on campus is occurring due to the majority of people crossing the street to get away from the protestors.
The law students protesting hoped to let the chief justice know their opinion; however, they must not have been paying much attention in class. The purpose of the Supreme Court is not to cater to the diktats of the populace but rather to rule according to the law of the land. The Founding Fathers even removed the Supreme Court from the realm of the population's control by making the Court accountable to the President and the Congress. I guess their ignorance highlights not only the poor education students get in high school (which is where I learned this stuff) but also the inability of a college education to teach even the basics about the Supreme Court.
But Arizona has done a great job in raising up leaders, despite its mediocre education, as evidenced by the rise in power by Sandra Day O'Connor, Chief Justice Rehnquist, and Barry Goldwater.
posted by Laura Keslar at 8:01 PM | |
