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(Eugene Volokh) Reader Jeff Semenak, who lives in Lansing, reports that the Lansing State Journal courthouse notes occasionally mention that someone has been convicted of “seducing an unmarried woman.” I checked and indeed found over 30 such notes from 2002 to 2008. The statute, Michigan Penal Code § 750.532 , provides, Any man who shall seduce... 

If only there was a Vegas line on the outcome of Supreme Court cases, I would have made a killing on Padilla v. Kentucky , decided yesterday.  When in doubt, shift the burden onto the criminal defense lawyer.  It’s not the outcome I wanted, as discussed when  cert was granted and again when  oral argument rolled around.  What else is new?... 

LBers, take this as a cautionary tale. Next time you try to shake down a television personality in exchange for a promise not to take potentially damaging information about said celebrity to the press, remember Joe Halderman. For the love of all that’s good and holy, remember Joe Halderman. Halderman, a television producer, pleaded guilty... 

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Back in October, the Obama Administration Justice Department issued a memorandum that seemed to constrain federal enforcement of laws against marijuana possession in states where medical marijuana is permitted under state law. I welcomed the memo as a small sign of progress, but pointed out that it doesn’t really constrain federal prosecutions in... 

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