ACADEMIC POLITICS: Celebrity Law Prof Death Match.

9TH CIRCUIT ON SUSPICIONLESS BORDER SEARCHES: 4th Amendment Applies At The Border; Also: Password Protected Files Shouldn’t Arouse Suspicion. An En Banc opinion.

MEGAN MCARDLE: Why Hugo Chavez Was Bad for Venezuela.

SEQUESTER SCAREMONGERING NOT PANNING OUT: First, the stock market hits record highs. Now: House leader: TSA airport lines shortest ‘in months.’

WHEN CATTINESS BACKFIRES.

GETTING THE SYMBOLISM WRONG? OR EXACTLY RIGHT? Brennan Sworn In On Copy Of Constitution Without Bill Of Rights.

NOW OUT: The New Roku 3. I’m very happy with my older-model Roku. Not sure if I’ll upgrade, but given this strong positive review of the Roku 3 from the WSJ’s Walt Mossberg, I’m considering it.

HIGHER EDUCATION UPDATE: Students Required to Lobby for Nanny Statism. “George Washington University law professor John Banzhaf thinks he’s saving the world with his activism on behalf of numerous causes. He is now teaching (although that doesn’t really seem to be the right word) an undergrad course in which students will have to lobby in favor of the kinds of nanny-state intervention he likes.” The funny thing is, I got a press release from Banzhaf the other day, bragging about this. Here it is.

CHANGE: Court rules against traffic cameras; Ohio considering ban.

SHOULD BE ON THE NANNY: A semi-fictional fashion blog.

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Close Encounters of No Kind: In a live chat, Prudie counsels a woman whose boyfriend won’t have sex with her because of her STD.

WELCOME TO STILTSVILLE.

SO THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE IS HAVING SEX WEEK THIS YEAR. Heck, when I was a student, every week was sex week.

AT AMAZON, markdowns on Easter Candy.

Also, markdowns on Fireproof Home Safes.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: You Are Probably A Child Pornographer. “Do you have children? When they were young did they ever run around the house naked? Did you ever take a picture or video of it to show your spouse? If so, then you might be a child pornographer.” Or at least, charged as one by some idiot.

IF YOU STRIKE ME DOWN, I SHALL BECOME MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE: How A Fired Republican Staffer Became A Powerful Martyr For Internet Activists. “They sought to ‘silence’ him by firing him, but it just brought him more attention and gave him a much, much more powerful voice in the digital grassroots movement.”

JUSTICE SYSTEM UPDATE: Man Left in Solitary Confinement for 2 Horrific Years … for Suspected DUI. “After Steven’s arrest on suspicion of DUI and driving a stolen car, he was placed in solitary confinement because because officers felt he might be ‘suicidal.’ There, he was essentially forgotten about by the legal system. He was given no health care. His toenails grew so long they curled around his feet. He developed bed sores. A fungus grew on his skin after being denied showers. He lost a ton of weight. His hair grew long and shaggy — he looks like he just got off a desert island. He descended into madness. And his dental problems grew so severe that he was forced to pull out one of his rotting teeth by himself. Eventually, after 22 months, Steven was released after all charges against him were dismissed.”

LEGAL EDUCATION UPDATE: Law Professors Question Sustainability of Legal Education, Urge Changes.

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THAT’S NOT PLAGIARISM, IT’S STENOGRAPHY: ‘Real Reporter’ Juan Williams Busted for Plagiarism.

Meanwhile, here are some thoughts on plagiarism from the book on ethics I wrote with Peter Morgan, The Appearance of Impropriety.

GOOD: Improved ion engines will open up the outer Solar System.

HOW TO SURVIVE THE DREADED QUARTER-LIFE CRISIS. For one thing, stop assuming that you’re going to live to 100. Most people don’t. So you should have had your quarter-life crisis back when you were 18 or 19. Now you’re late. There. Feel better yet?

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: “The stereotypical traditional male works so that a woman would have him and he could have love. Love was the end, not the means. If, for the woman, love is the means and the end is career advancement… then what? And why?”

WHY LIBERTARIANS AND REPUBLICANS SHOULD SHOW RON WYDEN SOME FILIBUSTER LOVE: “Because Democrats are known to stomp down hard on anyone who strays from the progressive orthodoxy.”

IS HE GOING THE FULL MICHAEL JACKSON? Why Is Justin Bieber Walking Around In A Gas Mask?