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  7. Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 10:43:32 -0500
  8. Sender:       International Intercultural Newsletter <XCULT-L@PSUVM.BITNET>
  9. From:         "Douglass St. Christian" <stchri@MCMAIL.CIS.MCMASTER.CA>
  10. Subject:      Re: Democracy, Freedom of Speech and the courts.....
  11. In-Reply-To:  <199301221525.AA15916@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca>
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  13.  
  14. Jon:
  15.  
  16. I found your suggestion that "the will of the people might be subverted by
  17. someone just because he is wiser" interesting.
  18.  
  19. Do the Americans on this list think of judges holding their positions
  20. because of greater wisdom? Do they see judges as dispensing 'wisdom'?
  21.  
  22. I ask this because the attitude in Canada is not that judges are wiser but
  23. that they are something akin to statute-mechanics. They know all the rules
  24. because that is their specialty but this knowledge does not confer any
  25. special wisdom on them.
  26.  
  27.  
  28. Is this a cross border difference, I wonder. [Note that none of our judges
  29. are elected here - they are appointed.]
  30.  
  31. Hmmm..
  32.  
  33. Dougl....
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