Opera & Liberty

[Flanders]

Unusual is the understatement of the year:

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is among the jurists who have looked for legal lessons in arias, and she got a chance Friday to indulge both passions at the American Bar Association's annual meeting in Chicago.

Along with U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, Ginsburg took part in an unusual panel discussion of the intersection of opera and the law, . . .

Ginsburg might be onto to something if Supreme Court justices were required to sing for their suppers. Can’t you just hear how their decisions would sound if they were put to music? They could jazz up dull decisions by adding a dance routine to the song. Being lawyers they could put their words to the Twist:

Fat Boys The Twist - YouTube

This is even funnier! Big Government Ginsburg an originalist!

Weighing in, Ginsburg said she's "certainly an originalist," but that law - like opera - could "grow with society."

Aug 3, 8:47 PM EDT
Justice Ginsburg weighs legal lessons of opera
By JASON KEYSER
Associated Press

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Give me a break, Ruthie. What’s wrong with liberty growing society as the Founders intended instead of diminishing it by law?

Incidentally, I wonder which opera taught Ginsburg that welfare state human Rights funded with tax dollars are better than individual liberties?

Ruth Bader Ginsburg To Egypt: Don't Use US Constitution As A Model | RealClearPolitics

I’m not certain if Verdi’s Slave Chorus from Nebucco offers a legal lesson, but Ginsburg could learn from it anyway:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldkLhMlF_SE&feature=player_embedded]Ron Paul - Song For Liberty - YouTube[/ame]

Song For Liberty
When you sing I'm singing with you liberty
When you cry I cry with you in sorrow
When you suffer I'm praying for you libertyFor your struggles will bring us a new tomorrow
Days of sad darkness and fear must one day crumble
For the force of your kindness and love make them tremble
When you sing I'm singing with you liberty
In the void of your absence I keep searching for you
Who are you dream illusion or just reality
Faith ideal desire revolution
I believe you're the symbol of our humanity
Lighting up the world for eternity
I can see why men die to defend you
Try to guard to protect and attend you
When you sing I'm singing with you liberty
With your tears or your joys I love you
Let us sing and rejoice make our own history
Songs of hope with one voice guide us to victory
Liberty, Liberty

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Ruthy and the Originals.

What a joke. What a sick, sad joke on this once great nation