Tuesday, September 4, 2007

tempora mutantur, nos et mutamu in illis

That means (roughly) the times are changing, and we are changing with them. A judge (who later became a Supreme Court justice), argued in 1805 in a dissenting opinion, that despite the lack of precedent, a rule/law should be established that addressed a particular problem (in this case a fox hunting dispute!).

POLL:

Do you think that critics would call this judicial activism?

Did you ever think a fox hunting case from 1805 could immediately make you think of Bob Dylan?

Do you think the fact that I'm tempted to pull a Wayne's World and do the "Foxy Lady" in property class for emphasis of points I raise about said fox hunting dispute means I should really not be in law school?

Do you think my blog will be getting more and more cryptic as the semester progresses?

Discuss.

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