According to the New York Times, the supremes are wigging out again, and this time, two of my favorites seem to have defected to the dark side. Justices Kagan and Sotomayor, females AND liberals, have changed their minds about allowing citizens to view the workings of the court. People, according to the ladies, just aren’t smart enough to understand.
That may be true. When you consider that the average IQ is 100, and that the vast majority of us are in that range, the justices have a point. According to Sonia, since we wouldn’t understand, there’s little point in letting us try.
What? This argument makes my head spin. Clearly, not all of us are stupid— you guys know who you are— and you’re going to ruin it for we brighter brethren. Just kidding. Don’t they realize that the less gifted among us– and some super-smart people as well- couldn’t care less about the court, and wouldn’t watch if they could?
Suppose schools took that approach: students are getting less intelligent than they used to be, therefore, we should abolish schools. Doesn’t work for you? Me either, but an argument might be made that that’s exactly what’s happening to the kids from the schools being shut down for lack of achievement.
But I digress. What if we started dividing ourselves according to IQ? Why not? That makes more sense than the discrimination we already practice on the basis of sex, race, religion, education, pedigree and most importantly, financial status.
If we started applying an intelligence test to congress, I wonder how many of the members of the house science committee would creep out of the chamber in shame? For that matter, if we administered an intelligence test to all of our elected officials, we might have to start looking for a whole new crop. Maybe we’d elect lawmakers who actually read the bills they pass or veto willy nilly.
Elena Kagan is afraid that “People might play to the camera,” or misuse coverage. Again, what? Who is going to play to the camera? The justices? The lawyers? Or maybe people in attendance will start popping up and waving to the camera, shouting, “Hi mom!”
The supreme supreme kind of agrees with Elena, but he’s a bit more specific. He’s worried about the lawyers, and his brothers and sisters in justice as well. He sees their lack of self-control as the problem. He actually said that. Here are his words: “We unfortunately fall into grandstanding with a couple of hundred people in the room.” Are these guys jokers, or what?
