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Monday, March 10, 2008
Hypocrisy In Legal Education?
Why does Professor Glenn Reynolds care?
It seems odd to me that someone who supports the legalization of prostitution should even mention that Governor Spitzer (D-NY) has been caught in a prostitution ring scandal.
After all, if one supports the idea of legalizing prostitution, most people would think that the only thing that would cross that person’s mind upon hearing this sort of report would be, “Too bad for the guy. If only we had legalized prostitution earlier, he wouldn’t be put through this public pillory.”
Rather, the good professor of law at the University of Tennessee points out the, as probably most Democrats see it, little peccadillo.
Maybe he anticipated the interesting convolutions of other Democrats running for office this year....that DOES seem to be what’s happening.
UPDATE From Various Perspectives [101452 Mar 08]:
From the perspective of moral issues, I tend to believe as I understand former President Harry S. Truman believed, when he reputedly said, “He broke his promise to his wife. Why should I expect him to keep his promise to me?” This, when firing one of his cabinet members for adultery.
Or as some Wag said, around 2000 years ago, “If you are not faithful in the small things, how can you be faithful in the big things?” [Note: See the parable of the ‘talents’.] You know.... If you can’t keep a promise to your wife, how can we expect you to keep a promise—to uphold your state Constitution and perform your duties of office—to the rest of us?
From a political perspective, the Instapundit is reporting some interesting doings amongst the various political candidates who were once happy to associate with the Governor of New York.
From the legal perspective, something the professor knows more about than I, Spitzer is in deep do-do; this is a violation of the Mann Act of 1910; interstate commerce in human traffick. I guess if it were legalized, as the professor wants, the federal government could regulate and tax it.
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