I had the luck to be selected for the first in-class quizzing of the semester by Prof Conlaw. "Mr. B, why is Marbury v Madison an important case?" Now that's the softest of softballs.

Fortunately he tells 4 people the day before that they will be on the spit. The bad news is if you muff it, you really have no excuse. Other things being equal I suppose I prefer having done my class participation duty early.

I've decided this semester, perhaps to the relief of my classmates, to ask fewer questions in class. I'm always going to have another question that interests me, I don't need to bore everyone else with it.

13 Jan 05