So much of what we libertarians have to do to succeed is to change the way people think, or as the Samizdata writers say, 'change the meta-context.'
Libertarian thinking in some cases seems so obvious to us, but not to others. Case in point - a high ranking Admininistration official proposes to impose random drug tests on school kids. We would immediately know that such a proposal is a blatant affront to the fourth amendment of the Constitution. So blatant, in fact, that said official should be immediately relieved of his duties. But what is so obvious to us is not so to anyone in the press or the Administration.
Posted by Walter at October 9, 2003 02:21 PMYou'd think it was blatantly unconstitutional and wrong, wouldn't you? But then, apparently the 4th amendment doesn't apply to people joining the high school Chess Club. The Supreme Court decided that it was totally cool if drug testing was a requirement for after-school activities.
Seems to me like, of all the rights our Constitution guarantees, the ones dying fastest in the gutters these days are those found in the 4th amendment.
Posted by: Madeline at October 12, 2003 12:04 AM