Excellent read

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I was trying to make this point with @countryroads89 the other day and woefully failed. This woman drills the mark I missed. If you all want a peak into the minds of how good lawyers should think and approach the application of fact to law, this is an absolutely excellent (and short) read. Good jurists and lawyers can intellectually separate the law from their personal opinions. We too often assume people that don't think like us are dumb. That's a mistake I see a lot of lawyers make, let alone the average person. Enjoy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/post...-scalia-taught-me-how-to-think-about-the-law/
 

dave

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I was trying to make this point with @countryroads89 the other day and woefully failed. This woman drills the mark I missed. If you all want a peak into the minds of how good lawyers should think and approach the application of fact to law, this is an absolutely excellent (and short) read. Good jurists and lawyers can intellectually separate the law from their personal opinions. We too often assume people that don't think like us are dumb. That's a mistake I see a lot of lawyers make, let alone the average person. Enjoy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/post...-scalia-taught-me-how-to-think-about-the-law/
I think in whatever professional field you work there comes a point where you have to learn to discern correct from want. There is what you want to do and what is right/correct. I would imagine in the legal profession it is a daily fight.