Flattery Will Get You Everywhere

I was also going to mention that I ran into my Con Law professor when I was at the Law School on Friday. I was impressed that he was able to call me by name, considering that he’s probably had a few hundred additional students in the intervening eight years. For a brief instant, I thought he might ask me to explain the difference between rational basis review and strict scrutiny and my palms got all sweaty, but I was able to talk myself down without anyone noticing my momentary panic.
The Harriet Miers jokes were also flying at the symposium, both from the left and the right. If Miers wants to have any chance of getting through the confirmation hearings, she’d better start putting pen to paper and charm the Judiciary Committee members with some of her trademark eloquence. “Dear Senator Specter, you are the best Senator EVER! You are the smartest man I know (who isn’t President). Pennsylvania is blessed. Much Admiration, H. P.S. Can you recommend any good books on Constitutional law? This is a little embarrassing, but I kind of had to fake it when you asked me about the Griswald (sp?) case. Won’t happen again, promise.”