Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Belaboring the Obvious

Sometimes a Supreme Court Justice reminds us of the truth of something very common sensical. Here the Washington Examiner reports Justice Antonin Scalia has said that, in the event of a war, internment camps might once again be utilized as they were during World War II for the Japanese.

Scalia used a Latin phrase that means "in times of war, the laws fall silent." I hope he is correct, but I'm not entirely convinced. We live in an era where actual effort goes into "making war in a humane fashion," an oxymoron.