Sasha: Handwriting analysis should be banned in court as evidence of a person' s character: handwriting analysts called as witnesses habitually exaggerate the reliability of their analyses  Gregory: You are right that the current use of handwriting analysis as evidence is problematic  But this problem exists only because there is no licensing board to set professional standards and thus deter irresponsible analysts from making exaggerated claims
When such a board is established, however, handwriting analysis by licensed practitioners will be a legitimate courtroom tool for character assessment
He defends a principle by restricting the class to which it is to be applied.