Or the court could have done what it has done in the past and updated constitutional safeguards in light of new technology.
Zwingli saw the need to present the government in a positive light to safeguard the continued preaching of the Gospel.
He abhors TV (although he considers the old-time BBC to have been "the best film studio there ever was") because its screens hypnotise us without demanding either concentration or empathy: like electricity, it is a "service" we switch on, and what it provides is not light but "a safeguard against disorder and fear", enabling us to whistle in the dark.
In light of these safeguards, the notion of a breach at H.S.B.C. was shocking.
"In light of the safeguards designed to minimize racial bias in the process, the fundamental value of jury trial in our criminal justice system, and the benefits that discretion provides to criminal defendants," Justice Powell wrote, "we hold that the Baldus study does not demonstrate a constitutionally significant risk of racial bias affecting the Georgia capital sentencing process".
In light of the safeguards contained in the Swedish extradition and [European arrest warrant] procedures against any potential extradition in violation of international human rights agreements, the government reiterates its position that Mr Assange does not face a risk of refoulement [removal] contrary to international human rights obligations to the United States from Sweden.
But he did get the green light for improved safeguarding of nuclear materials and research into hydrogen-powered cars, the rationale for which Abraham explained eloquently in our pages (see: "Emissions-Free Politics").
But I continue question its ability to do so in the hands of an establishment guided by a skewed moral compass, tilted off course not just in terms of the decisions its members make, but also and more importantly, in light of the safeguards and procedural checks they disregard.
Now they demanded safeguards for soil and rivers in light of an issue that is likely to feature in Australia's forthcoming federal election: the mining of gas from underground coal seams across New South Wales, the country's most populous state.
Soon after, the governor of the region around Sochi, Aleksandr N. Tkachev, called a public meeting to upbraid local officials for not doing enough to safeguard Olympic sites during construction, especially in light of the airport attack.
