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Letter of the Law |
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December 1998 |
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-anonymously submitted 1. Legal genius is a type of mental disability. 2. Stare Decisis: a principle most often invoked by the entrenched elite in order to justify not changing the status quo. 3. The bright-line test is the best . . . at least you know why the just side is losing. 4. The Supreme Court has a habit of hiding behind wordy, undecipherable text. 5. Dean Huffman sympathizes with the Montana militia. 6. Precedent: the reason why you should never bring a suit asking for a seriously needed change in the law, unless you are damn sure the court is ready to make that change. Most positions on a bench are filled by old and conservative elites; trying to change the law is a lot like hitting on a 20 in Blackjack. 7. Denial breeds obsession. 8. Trying to have a life in law school is like listening to that song about the deserts missing the rain. 9. I used to like the rain . . . 10. I also used to believe in the Constitution and our honorable Supreme Court, until I discovered these little gems: Dred Scott, Korematsu, Bowers v. Hardwick, Abrams v. United States, and Buck v. Bell. |