M.E. Thomas: Yeah, potential problem. But I think a republic is actually kind of a good way to mediate that. We don't have, popular election of the President for instance. There are a lot of situations which we don't allow the public to just dominate. Even the, having the judiciary branch is a good check. Because sometimes the public feels like something is wrong, or if, you know feels like something's right, and the judiciary says no. You know, Roe V Wade, Brown Versus Board of Education with segregation.
So we don't always let the majority rule. It's not a complete tyranny of the majority, and I think that's good.
Rob Kall: Okay. You've say you don't stay with jobs a long time. Any idea where you'll go from your current job as a law professor?
M.E. Thomas: Yeah, I, I don't know. I have thought about practicing more, because originally I didn't like practicing. It felt like I was just, when you're a lawyer and you, you work for clients it's almost like you're a servant. You're like a higher class servant, but you're a servant and you're at the person's beck and call. And that was one thing I didn't like about practice. But now I think, I think particularly because of the law teaching, I think law is a very powerful thing. And I think there are a lot of things that you can do with law, and so I'm a little bit more interested in the practice of law in terms of figuring out how to do these powerful things. And I, I liked doing jury work too; I thought that that was entertaining. And law is like playing a game, so there, there are definite aspects about practicing law. And I don't really think I gave it a chance initially, I think I would probably like to explore practicing law.
Rob Kall: Okay. Any questions I've missed?
M.E. Thomas: No, I think you were really comprehensive.
Rob Kall: Okay, well thank you so much. Let me just turn off the recording here, and we're all done.
M.E. Thomas: Perfect.
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