(Opinion #33. Feb. 25, 2008.
Below is the complete 1-page newsletter. Also available
as a pdf file.)
A 1-page flyer (Issue #33) distributed electronically at Family Court and
the Clark County Government Center on February 25, 2008.
The full issue is available here as a PDF File (45k). (Requires Adobe Acrobat or equivalent, already installed
on most computers. For authenticity, the newsletter should
be printed on canary (yellow) paper.)
“Democracy is the worst form of government,” said Winston Churchill, “except for those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”
Yes, democracy is probably better than dictatorship, but unbridled democracy can lead to a dictatorship of its own: a tyranny of the masses who don’t understand what they are voting for.
NOTE: Due to high printing costs, we will not be distributing this issue on paper, but you are welcome to print it yourself
and give it to whomever you like.
Related Links
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Judge Del Vecchio links,
including recent news articles
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Judge Halverson links,
including recent news articles.
(Note that Halverson is not technically within our domain, since
she is not in Family Court. Therefore, our article list is not
complete.)
- Legislative leaders revive plan to change selection of judges: Voters would decide fate of appointees,
Review-Journal, 5/24/07
- The Winston Churchill quote comes from his House of Commons speech
on Nov. 11, 1947, after he and his party lost power in post-war elections. Here is a fuller quote:
“Many forms of Government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”
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