TH> Whoever taught your government class was preaching 180 degrees off 
 TH> the  prevailing legal scholarship of this century.  One wonders why.
 KC> When enough supposedly knowlegeable instructors says that "A" is
 KC> correct, a point will eventually be reached where the students cease
 KC> to question "A". 
 TH> That's exactly why I encourage students to speculate about the motives 
f
 TH> their instructors. "Consider the source" is an essential 
 TH> skill of scholarship.
  "Question Authority" is an essential skill of citizenship. It's a shame 
most educators don't dare have their students learn this in school.
--- Maximus 2.02
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