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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Legal Tidbits

The Fifth Circuit split with the Eleventh, though both lean conservative, on the issue of sex toys -- the former logically held their sale are protected by Lawrence v. Texas. Conservative, but strong separation of church of state advocate opposes Stupak Amendment on First Amendment grounds. Answering snarky argument, Balkin points out the obvious on health mandates.