Nor Is the People's Judgment Always True; the Most May Err as Grossly as the Few
| Publication year | 1986 |
| Pages | 239 |
| Citation | Vol. 15 No. 2 Pg. 239 |
1986, February, Pg. 239. Nor is the people's judgment always true; The most may err as grossly as the few
Being governor of a state is almost as much fun as being king. (Colorado has never had a king.) Nonetheless, all fun things, even being governor, become boring after eleven years.
Anyone who has ever raised children knows that when children are bored, they do things to get attention. So do grownups. That is why the governor of Colorado is now going all over the country making speeches about things that have very little to do with being governor. He is bored and wants attention. He is getting lots of it. He is invited to be on television shows and is interviewed by many reporters. Each one hopes he will say something newsworthy and few are disappointed.
Because he is governor, the minute he expresses an opinion it becomes news. The more surprising his opinions, the bigger the headlines. When I express my opinion, it appears here and in two newspapers. If I wanted more people to know what I think, I would run for governor. My thoughts are not as important as the governor's, so I am content to leave them where they are.
Recently, the governor made news not by making a speech but by admitting he had made a mistake. Mistakes are made with such frequency by us all that their admission is ordinarily not newsworthy. A governor's mistake is different; it is newsworthy.
This was an especially newsworthy admission because the governor admitted his mistake in such a way that many people got mad, not at him but at his mistake. That is because it is very popular these days to get mad at the governor's mistakes. In the eleven years he has served as governor, he has appointed six of the seven justices who are now on the Colorado Supreme Court. His mistake, so he said, was the people he appointed to the Court. At the time, he thought they were good appointments. He no longer thinks so.
When the governor admitted that his mistake was the people he appointed to the Colorado Supreme Court, he was joining the ranks of others who have been critical of the Court. Here are what some of the others have had to say about those he appointed.
Some say that three of the justices had extensive experience defending the poor in civil and criminal cases...
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