What actually happened was that the scientists got elbowed out of the way by the politicians and they are now the philosopher kings who tell us all what to do.

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Others have sought to undo the work of the philosopher-kings by overturning every ruling not solidly supported by the words of the constitution, as they were understood by the Founding Fathers.

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Some judges, when elevated to the Supreme Court, have taken it as licence to act as philosopher-kings, laying down the kind of enlightened laws that the oafs in Congress ought to have passed but did not.

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Too often since the early 1960s, judges have acted like philosopher-kings or tyrants, depending on your political point of view.

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Judges, including Supreme Court justices, often act as if they were philosopher-kings, arbitrarily handing down decisions on issues that should be left to the hurly-burly of the political process.

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And in politics, they believe that the will of the people as expressed through democratic institutions is more likely to result in correct policies than those devised by Platonic philosopher kings.

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