I was trying to make the same point as David, but with a little levity. (The point was: this stuff cuts both ways, so let's move on).
You guys are wound up a little too tight for me. So much for the stereotype of "laid back Californians." :-) Frank On 6/14/04 10:48 PM, "David Cruz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Volokh, Eugene wrote: > >> Now I don't want to constrain Paul's "imagination," "fascinat[ion]," or >> sense of "irony" -- all three of which are fine things to have, and give >> ourselves a lot of pleasure. But as best I can tell, Paul's posts are >> largely ways to express his contempt for the Bush Administration, and >> possibly for Republicans generally, and not terribly persuasive ways at >> that. What's more, they seem to me to have precious little by way of >> argument about whether a President's appeal to religious leaders are >> unconstitutional (whether the question is justiciable or not) or >> illegal. > > If I'm not mistaken, the same (ir)relevancy conclusion is true of Frank > Beckwith's latest contribution. On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Francis Beckwith > wrote: > >> On 6/14/04 8:11 PM, "Paul Finkelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> <snip> >> >>> It is fascinating to see Bush pick and choose which Catholic >>> doctrine he likes; I am sure, however, that His Holiness can see through >>> all >>> of this. >> >> You're absolutely right. Picking and choosing Catholic doctrines one likes >> is the exclusive prerogative of liberal Catholic office holders. Bush >> should have known better. > > I actually thought that Marty's question was interesting (and that an > answer to it did not at all necessarily answer the constitutional > propriety of like behavior by Presidential candidates, who after all are > not (necessarily, yet) part of government). I for one would appreciate it > if partisans of all stripes might re-steer this thread to the > constitutional issue (or just let the whole thing go away quietly). If > that's not possible, perhaps some signal -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] maybe -- might be added > to the subject lines of posts that just continue the political sniping? > > > David B. Cruz > Professor of Law > University of Southern California Law School > Los Angeles, CA 90089-0071 > U.S.A. > > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw
