Althouse: Orin Kerr makes having the middle name "Ralph" and failure to be "super nice" into a federal crime.

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Orin Kerr makes having the middle name "Ralph" and failure to be "super nice" into a federal crime.

How can one lawprof, acting alone, rewrite federal criminal law?

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themightypuck বলেছেন...: The non-legal vibe on the Lori Drew case is that if an adult were to mess with a kid online in order to have sex with them, the adult (if discovered by law enforcement) would be in a lot of trouble. Similar logic applies to messing with their heads. The more legal vibe is that well motivated prosecutors are awfully good at securing convictions.; ২৯/১১/০৮, ৮:৩৪ AM
Darcy বলেছেন...: I think you nailed it in your first two sentences, Chris. As things should be.; ২৯/১১/০৮, ৮:৪৩ AM
Ralph L বলেছেন...: Kerr is correct--Ralph should always be a first name. Curiously, my grandfather Ralph's middle name was Kerr.; ২৯/১১/০৮, ১১:১০ AM
Bissage বলেছেন...: "To ralph" is one of the funnier ways to say "to vomit."

Let's use it in a sentence.

Oh my God, I am so sorry, I just ralphed all over one of your lawn chairs.

See?; ২৯/১১/০৮, ১১:২৬ AM
DaLawGiver বলেছেন...: "To ralph" is one of the funnier ways to say "to vomit."

In the Air Force I used to fly with a guy who often got air sick and puked during air-to-air refuelings. His last name was Spicer so from then on he was known as Ralph Spicer.

Over the years I saw Ralph puke in helmut bags, clear plastic sandwich bags, paper lunch boxes, and of course air sickness bags. He was the Duke of Puke. He was a good guy though and once he blew chunks he was OK for the rest of the flight.; ২৯/১১/০৮, ১১:৫১ AM
Hector Owen বলেছেন...: Mephistopheles meets the E.U.L.A., or, the devil and the details.; ২৯/১১/০৮, ১:৪৮ PM
Don Singleton বলেছেন...: "How can one lawprof, acting alone, rewrite federal criminal law?"

He can do it because his tongue was planted firmly in his cheek when he wrote it.; ৩০/১১/০৮, ৩:৫৫ PM