ought to

"Shell, Equinor and Ithaca," wrote Lord Ericht, "knew or ought to have known at the time that the consents were granted that the law was uncertain."

We have agreed from our beginnings that kings and dictators are bad, not merely because they offend the high-minded principle that sovereignty ought to reside in the people rather than any single person, but because we believe that rule by the collaborative effort of separate, intellectually independent, and mutually checking government branches representing a spectrum of societal interests will best protect us all from tyranny and produce objectively better policy.

That ought to go double for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who ran for president as a Democrat last year before attempting a third-party campaign and then endorsing Trump, in exchange for what turned out to be a Cabinet nomination.

Neither has any obviously relevant experience for those positions — and both have, shall we say, some unique characteristics that ought to be disqualifying in themselves.

Frankfurt can feel grateful for the 37 goals and 20 assists which he delivered in 67 games but, at the same time, the Egyptian ought to be thankful to Frankfurt and particularly manager Dino Toppmoller for bringing out the best in him.