Reply #94: Yeah, for a Phd in the classics I can see why that would be

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required, but not to specialize in a foreign country in politics. If that was a requirement I doubt we'd have very many foreign specialist in politics. But ask her and see what she thinks.

Since most of our law derives from Rome, Black's almost always gives the Latin name for a legal concept, one would think that attorneys would have a least a basic understanding. But no, not a clue. But then again, since most of the English language (80%) is derived from Latin and Greek, one would think that most Americans would have a basic understanding of it, but again, not a clue.

Like say for instance, the word Democrat.