Further costs of war

Robert Hettinga rah at shipwright.com
Tue Nov 25 07:57:08 PST 1997



At 2:34 pm -0500 on 11/24/97, Monty wrote:


> Personally, I do not believe in the infallibility of the Supreme
> Court.

This has nothing to do with "infallibility" at all. It has to do with facts
on the ground, Monty. The supreme court has its power because enough people
with guns say it does. (Whoever those people with guns are. :-))

Cheers,
Bob Hettinga



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