Eugene Volokh
Eugene Volokh
Eugene Volokhis an American law professor, the Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law. He publishes the blog "The Volokh Conspiracy". He is an academic affiliate of the law firm Mayer Brown...
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But they were gathering dust in some courthouse basement. These things were technically accessible, but unless you had a lot of time or could afford to hire a private detective to go look this stuff up, they were effectively secret from you.
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The difficulty is that the right to privacy, ... is a right to have the government stop you from speaking about me.
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Lawyers tend to have something credible to say about an important subject. Lawyers have been educated about the legal system, which people are interested in.
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I sympathize with this person, but it's really not any different than a posting on an anonymous Web page.
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It doesn't limit itself to defamation. The principle is the same, whether it's libel or discrimination.
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He is a person of proven legal brilliance and judicial temperament, and he is respected by scholars on the left as well as on the right,
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I t is a normal part of the employment process to evaluate one's subordinates.
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The sense is that he is very highly qualified and has an excellent judicial temperament, which means he is seen as a calm and thoughtful person, which is what you want in a judge,
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who answered questions in great detail and got rejected.