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Point of Law- Law books in the snow: our new Twitter iconIf youre on Twitter, the fast-growing communication channel, you may know that you can follow (roughly, subscribe to) a feed of Point of Law posts as well as feeds for the Manhattan Institute, City Journal, and my Overlawyered site (not...Walter Olson
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- The Comstock Case, Gonzales v. Raich, and the Limits of Federal Power:I agree with Eugene that United States v. Comstock, today's Fourth Circuit decision invalidating a federal statute allowing indefinite civil commitment of "sexually dangerous" persons who have finished serving...Ilya Somin
- Why the Sunstein Pick is Good For Legal Academics:...Orin Kerr
- Lori Drew Hearing Update:This morning Judge Wu of the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles held a hearing on our motion to dismiss in the Lori Drew case. I argued for the defense, and...Orin Kerr
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