There was an interesting interview of SCOTUS Associate Justice Antonin Scalia on MSNBC by Tim Russert. The normally reclusive Scalia is on a media circus tour touting his new book Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading a Judge. Like Lao Tzu or Machiavelli, Scalia is revealing his innermost thoughts on how to behave. The comments submitted on the Law Blog are interesting. Snarky, perhaps, but revealing.
Scalia said an interesting thing in the interview. He opined that too many of America’s best and brightest are drawn to the legal profession. He conceded that the field of law is fundamentally unproductive and that to have so many bright people drawn to it was a waste of talent that could be applied more industriously.
Regarding the Bush v. Gore matter, we’re advised to “get over it”.
Lamentations on Chemistry 
Bush v. Gore is not about “get over it”, it is about “get shut of it.” Clitler v. the upscale Black deathmatch winner v. the Manchurian candidate. Yeah, that’ll fix things.
“No Child Left Behind” is teh only happy thing. After six years and $6 billion, targetted reading and arithmetic performance in public schools has not improved. At last, an obscenely expensive government program that does no harm! (Performance evaluations were falsified across the board. While Official scores held fast, real world performance montonically declined. More budget! More studies! More budget! We can win the War Against Unliteracy!)
I saw that interview too. At least he recognizes that the ‘product’ his profession creates is something no one really wants to buy. Given the current rate of layoffs in the chemical profession I have a feeling that the trend of more lawyers, more litigation will continue. It’s funny that you never hear about the fact that tens of thousands of chemists have been displaced in recent years. Only the nonsense that there is a mythical shortage!
Lawyers -sometimes win.
Chemists- always lose.