Comments on Advance Indiana™: Supreme Court Candidates In The Hot Seat

"Hasn't anyone told you, Cato? Life isn&#...

2010-07-07T12:25:58.205-05:00

"Hasn't anyone told you, Cato? Life isn't fair."

True, but that's really not my lament. My complaint is that we are told to respect and revere something that is the product of shallow intellect and self-serving ambition.

I gave no consent to such a system of government, and it does not deserve my respect or obedience.

AI, You are correct. I looked at the rest of the...

2010-07-07T12:23:57.180-05:00

AI,

You are correct. I looked at the rest of the inteviews...not nearly as entertaining.

I'm reminded of an old Cheers episode where Norm was applying for a job as a beer taster, his dream job. All he had to do was meet the boss. Diane though had put it into his head about screwing it up...which he did. It was hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgouWHo4RhU

Most of the interviews seemed to go quite well for...

2010-07-07T10:19:06.655-05:00

Most of the interviews seemed to go quite well for the applicants, Paul, if you read all of the comments. I picked out some of the more entertaining observations Schumm made about some of the candidates.

Geez, after reading about these candidates, maybe ...

2010-07-07T09:45:06.608-05:00

Geez, after reading about these candidates, maybe I should have applied.

Hasn't anyone told you, Cato? Life isn't f...

2010-07-07T09:01:42.315-05:00

Hasn't anyone told you, Cato? Life isn't fair. When I was in the sixth grade, I had a social studies teacher who made a statement that seemed rather odd at the time. She said she felt sorry for the young boys in her class. You will not necessarily be judged in life on merit when you enter the workforce and you will face overt discrimination in favor of women and minorities she told us. She wasn't a bigoted person. She was strict when it came to discipline, occasionally taking the wooden paddle out of her closet. She usually just set it out as a warning before putting it to use. She was one of the most intelligent teachers I had growing up. She had pictures of every world leader hanging on the walls in her classroom. She would take time almost every day to share something about one of them to us. That statement she made to the boys in the classroom that day turned out to be one of the most profound and prophetic statements I recall hearing from any of my teachers.

You lose all respect for the sagacity and wisdom o...

2010-07-07T08:31:22.945-05:00

You lose all respect for the sagacity and wisdom of the law and the yellowed opinions of the courts when you graduate from law school and see your fellow students whom you know to be of middling intellect but oversized ambition become legislators and judges, making laws from each respective branch.

When you see someone become a judge whom you regard as a horrible person, a viciously selfish attorney and one who will lend the power of his office to advance the station of his or her own family, you lose the ability to look at a court opinion with anything but a jaded sneer.