Sentences with phrase «robed philosopher kings»
How did we get to a world where the country's elected Prime Minister is consistently brought to heel by a gang of unelected robed philosopher kings?
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It reminds us that our most pressing constitutional questions (on slavery and secession) were settled out of court; that it took more than a wiser judge to reverse our most villainous chief justice (Roger Taney); and that our Constitution's most consequential interpreter wasn't a robed philosopher - king but a self - taught lawyer from Kentucky by way of Illinois.