A boringish law school entry that will probably not interest most of you. Sorry.

The best thing I learned today:
So Article 5 of the Constitution covers how to amend the constitution and gives 2 things that can never ever be changed (outdated thing about the slave trade and equal amounts of senators per state, because I know you're so very very interested). However, Article 5 does not forbid the amendment of Article 5. So theoretically you could amend the constitution to rewrite article 5 and do all sorts of crazy things. Minnesota could have 5 senators! The possibilities are endless! Not that it would ever pass, but still...

Ah the founders. Very smart guys, overall the Constitution works great, but little loopholes like this are kind of fun reminders of their humanity and they fact that they were stuck in a little building in the middle of a scorching hot and hideously humid summer. Personally I imagine it being the last day, everything just about done, everyone is happy to get home and some rabble rowser (probably John Adams...and yes I'm basing this presumption entirely on 1776) points out a little bitty flaw like this. Which of course leads to much glaring, and Ben Franklin declaring "ah screw it, we're close enough!" to which everyone wisely assents and leaves.

Also strict constructionism is stupid. Even when all the founders were still alive they couldn't agree on what all the lovely words meant. Which of course means we law students have to have a 30 minute discussion on what "necessary" means. And in the end people pretty much did whatever they wanted to, regardless of what the document supposedly meant or even what they thought it meant (coughtMadisoncough). The Constitution is great and all, but since most people don't care enough to make a fuss, its pretty easy to do whatever you want. (That was directed at Mr. Executive Power means whatever I want it to Bush, with a special mention for Cheney, who can miraculously switch between part of the legislature and the executive at will!) (Ok the strict constructionism thing has some merit, and in moderation is useful and can keep things from being too arbitrary and blah blah blah. But overall? Stupid)

Oh and as far as other classes go - my property professor is very old school, mildly funny and absolutely terrifying. It's gonna be a fun semester. Yup.