MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT OUR CONSTITUTION
July 30, 2018 MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT OUR CONSTITUTION By Judge David Langham One of the best parts of my occupation is that I get many opportunities to engage in conversation with brilliant lawyers and other members of the workers compensation community. The i r musings and prognostications are frankly fascinating. I find myself agreeing, disagreeing, or asking questions ; s ometimes all three . Mentally it is great exercise. I recently had such a conversation in which my views on rights were challenged. An individual explain ed to me, in much kinder words, that someone of my intellect would be lucky to discern my own head from a hole in the ground. The dismissive tone, combined with a look of sheer pity in the speaker ’ s eyes, c ombined for a persuasive effect. The speaker felt so sorry for me that I almost began to feel sorry for myself. BUT, then I realized that this person was so far off base that it was not even baseball anymore! The individual explain to me that there a