The silence deafens

Oct 23, 2008 Lex scripta, Medialites, Narcissus Rex

A long time ago I identified Erwin Chemerinsky as a pretty contemptible guy, a left-wing extremist in the groves of legal academia who gets away with all sorts of things because of the way the game is played in that high-end segment of the business:

In April 2005, he was named by Legal Affairs as one of

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2 Responses to “The silence deafens”

m Says:

October 24th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Here’s the good dean’s response: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/10/24/chemerinsky-stands-by-op-ed-calls-for-throw-down-with-jacobs/
Jonathan Says:

October 27th, 2008 at 3:13 am
Chemerinsky’s response as quoted by the WSJ blog reminds me of the arguments of blog commenters who misunderstand what I write, and then when I try to explain it insist that they understand it and I don’t.

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