From John Fund in the WSJ:
“Mr. Spitzer cloaked his naked devaluation of the rule of law with gauzy rhetoric that was perfectly pitched to make many liberals ignore his strong-arm tactics. He harshly criticized advocates of judicial restraint such as Antonin Scalia as believing in “a dead piece of paper.” In a Law Day ceremony, Mr. Spitzer was blunt: “I believe in an evolving Constitution. . . . A flexible Constitution allows us to consider not merely how the world was, but how it ought to be.”
Update: A friend sends this along:
And how about this passage: He was vague as to just what his Brave New World would look like. “One of the things that I enjoy about going to Washington is the opportunity of testifying, chapter after chapter, that self-regulation has failed,” he said to reporters, adding, “What is it to be replaced with? I’m not sure.” I’m not sure that I’d call Spitzer’s actions testimony, but he’s sure shown that self-regulation has failed.






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