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Excellent post. Out of idle curiosity, are you putting a degree in law to specific use these days or is this area of the law simply a hobby for you?


Thanks, nice of you to say. I do not have a law degree, so I'm (obviously) not a lawyer.

Since you asked, I am fascinated by legal issues, and during long commutes I listened to hundreds of hours of Supreme Court oral arguments from Oyez, followed by reading many of the decisions. Also, almost every close relative is a lawyer, law professor, and/or in law enforcement. Dinner time conversation as a kid was Constitutional law.

The arguments, decisions and doctrines are generally far more accessible than most of us lay people are tend to believe.

In other words, I suppose I "play one on the internet," but I try to cite such statements to real lawyers/decision text (rather than arguing from experience or belief).




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