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A law student I admire sent me a note not long ago asking, in effect, whether those calling for the reform of sex offender legislation were opposed to punishment for those engaged in real acts of sexual misconduct. The hypothetical case she used as an example was that of a 50-year-old man who...

Confirmation hearings over whether Robert N. Chatigny should be confirmed as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit are a potential watershed event for the Senate Judicary Committee. Rather than degenerating into the sort of partisan wrangling pitting right against...