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Attitude-Altering Slippery Slopes: Just What Will People Infer from Past Decisions?

[This month, I'm serializing my 2003 Harvard Law Review article, The Mechanisms of the Slippery Slope.] From Legislative Decisions.—So far, I have argued that a legal rule may change some people's attitudes: People may apply the is-ought heuristic and conclude that if the rule exists, its underlying justifications are probably…

Reason

Slippery Slope Counterarguments in History: Justice Holmes

From Justice Holmes' dissent in Panhandle Oil Co. v. Knox (1928), an argument that the Court shouldn't worry too much about slippery slope concerns: [C]ertain dicta of Chief Justice Marshall [about prohibitions on certain forms of taxation] … were founded upon his often quoted proposition that the power to tax…

Reason

It's a--hole season on TV

Current ripped-from-the-headlines programming showcases unrepentant a**holes. Are they critiques or glorification?

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5 Unexpected Facts You Might Not Know About Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson is known by nicknames like “Iron Mike,” “Kid Dynamite” and “The Baddest Man on the Planet.” He is well known in the sports world and has ventured into the business world as well. Here are five facts you may not know about Mike Tyson.

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