This is the kind of discussion I was hoping for

Yes, it's a little populist and you give a couple of good examples where that probably would not have worked out as well - by today's standards.

The French Revolution was also a populist movement. Judgments by elitists, forced on a population don't often work out too well either.

Who gets to define which side is "wrong" and should be upset? The mob? a king? religion? group of elites? I don't mean murder, rape, etc. - although throughout history even that changes (king's right, death penalty, etc.)

Today we use elected leaders and appointments to make such judgments, I can't think of a better way.

IMHO it's very hard to judge people of the past by today's standards - some were just average people doing things the way they had always been done - until you get enough people with that gut feeling that - that isn't right - a little bit of a populist movement --(just three people, sing it with feeling) :) If you want a good example of that, check out how Arlo use to sing that song over 50 years ago and how he does now.

I've typed, and then erased a dozen other statements, because they could all be interpreted as relating to today's decision - not going there.

In response to this post by USN_Hokie

Posted: 06/04/2018 at 8:21PM

Without picking a side -- RTFC 06/04/2018 5:11PM

Do other countries have a Supreme Court? ** -- scoop76cs 06/04/2018 8:15PM

That's kind of a populist argument, is it not? -- USN_Hokie 06/04/2018 7:19PM

This is the kind of discussion I was hoping for -- RTFC 06/04/2018 8:21PM

In theory I agree with this sentiment. But this case wasn’t the one for -- CPRVHokie 06/04/2018 7:29PM

We have so much dissent on this infrequently traveled board .... -- grill to chill 06/04/2018 6:16PM

99% of the people reading this post have no clue what the case -- CPRVHokie 06/04/2018 5:46PM

My understanding is that when the SCOTUS is fixed, you need to -- Coach McGuirk 06/04/2018 6:16PM

Not to mention it's a UWS topic -- EDGEMAN 06/04/2018 5:48PM

Pointing out that any discussion on it would be stupid was the tell ** -- CPRVHokie 06/04/2018 6:20PM

It is and exactly why I didn't mention or comment on topic -- RTFC 06/04/2018 5:53PM

And your call counts ** -- TomTurkey 06/04/2018 5:12PM

What does that mean? ** -- grill to chill 06/04/2018 5:39PM

Right, wrong or indifferent, it's the official call -- TomTurkey 06/04/2018 6:03PM

Had a ref tell me once -- RTFC 06/04/2018 6:59PM

Pretty much -- TomTurkey 06/04/2018 10:12PM

This is the kind of discussion I was hoping for

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