[lbo-talk] Great moments in legal three card monte

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jun 8 13:13:36 PDT 2004


Michael Pollak wrote:


>This administration is amazing. It's not only made a mockery of
>international law. It's brought law itself to a point beyond parody.

They're embracing a new set of doctrines, which Judith Butler explores in her little nwe book from Verso. The president doesn't follow law - the president is the law. Of course, this is monarchic or dictatorial, but it's a novelty in American thought and practice.

Doug



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