What Virginians don’t know can hurt them
Jul 20th, 2009 | By Guest | Category: Editorialsby Bob Gibson
Retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter in May delivered a stirring call for better education of the American public about how government works.
The 19-year veteran of the court observed that surveys show large majorities of Americans cannot name the basic three branches of government: the executive, legislative and judicial branches.
Souter, in a [...]