Hypo #2. Instead, they are published in a 4th tier law review, but fully authored and not anonymous. They are:
1. Ignored. 2. Considered awful because of publication ranking. 3. Taken seriously. 4. Rejected because not written by tenured faculty.
Just to be clear (in case it wasn't) I'm not comparing my tweets to the Federalist Papers. Or any of my writings, speeches, or teaching. Not one damned thing of mine is that level.
That isn't the hypothetical.
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Curiosity is the foundation of academic endeavor. Judgment cannot come before inquiry--preanalytic vision happens, but shutting down inquiry before even questioning isn't intellectual. (Thread)
If we're dealing with arguments, why isn't the persuasiveness of the argument (or validation if empirics are the method) the sole determinant? Why would one care who it is?
It's one thing if it is a character reference. A character reference requires knowing the character of the person making the reference. If you don't know me, me saying X is a good person means nothing.
But an academic argument doesn't rely on character.
I would, along with like-minded students, form a new student organization, Anti-Federalist Society (anti-Fed for short). I would scream very loudly if my student group did not get approved. Free speech and all that.
I would invite speakers hostile to Fed Soc. Not ones who disagree. Ones actively hostile--with extreme views as to whether Fed Soc should exist.
Every speaker FedSoc would be matched. Please invite Justice Kavanaugh.
1. @Tesla will not be any closer to a self driving car that doesn't kill pedestrians. It will, however, be closer to a self-driving stock that kills shareholders.
2. Law schools will continue to withdraw from the U.S. News rankings. Law schools will continue to advertise how well they are doing in U.S. News and other rankings. They'll reward faculty based on rankings all the while telling each other rankings don't matter.
A cop hid a tape recorder in the ER while I was getting stitched up.
I was illegally searched as a suspect in a crime that didn't happen (and threatened with jail) on the hood of a cop car.
I could go on.
Never talk to the police.
I bet some of you don't know that for a long time in some jurisdictions, cops would have their guns drawn by their side for traffic stops.
Have I seen a cop perjure himself in court? Yes.
"There was no one on the road..."
Really? At noon? On a highway? At lunchtime? You claimed to be doing traffic enforcement? Why were you on a street with no cars? Last ticket you wrote? Huh.
I just finished listening to Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson," and I think they were trying to recruit her in the @CIA. (Thread)
The first stanza is appealing to her sense of religious duty. "And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know." It is a short walk there to "God Bless America" and the CIA.
The second stanza is the background check:
"We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files
We'd like to help you learn to help yourself"