When you didn't know what someone was thinking, didn't mind-reading seem very convenient?
Queenie was a natural Legilimens. She could hear what others were thinking at all times, yet she did not find it pleasant.
She wanted to marry the Muggle Jacob, a man who was not especially outstanding even among Muggles. For that, she had even joined Grindelwald's camp, and Grindelwald had "made good use" of her gift, having her watch many people for him.
Murat said he would return for dinner, but said nothing about lunch. So, under Martin's arrangements, she had a meal with the owner of Orionda Import-Export Company. During the meal, he made it clear that he dearly wished to take up a post in the South-of-the-Mountains Republic.
If not for the constraints of the constitution, the republic could have had many departments. After all, those who had once held office had all been nobles.
After the constitution was promulgated, the two republics merged, and many departments were cut. There were currently only 111. To add more now would probably require another constitutional amendment.
But the "president" had given her the power to replace councillors of state. Those eligible for exceptional appointments were professors, while the owner of Orionda Import-Export Company did not have those qualifications.
Neither did Magenta. He was only in his thirties this year; how could he possibly have taught at a university for fifteen years?
In truth, most officials in the South-of-the-Mountains Republic did not meet the constitutional requirements. Everyone ignored it, and the institutions still ran as usual.
By contrast, the French constitution treated age as a threshold, seeking to block Bonaparte and his followers, just as the senators of the Roman Republic had once done to Pompey.
Perhaps only Georgiana took the constitution seriously, acting according to the rules