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Richard A. Posner

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May 25, 2014
Richard A. Posner
We Need a Strong Prison System
But we need to imprison people for fewer crimes and for less time
October 27, 2013
Richard A. Posner
I Did Not 'Recant' on Voter ID Laws
Richard A. Posner on judges, data, and consequences
October 7, 2013
Richard A. Posner
Antonin Scalia's Legal Logic is Lousier Than His 'New York' Interview
July 25, 2013
Richard A. Posner
How Gay Marriage Became Legitimate
A revisionist history of a social revolution
October 19, 2012
Richard A. Posner
How Many Constitutions Can Liberals Have?
September 20, 2012
Richard A. Posner
Richard Posner Responds to Antonin Scalia’s Accusation of Lying
September 10, 2012
Bryan A. Garner, Richard A. Posner
How Nuanced is Justice Scalia’s Judicial Philosophy? An Exchange
August 24, 2012
Richard A. Posner
The Incoherence of Antonin Scalia
October 26, 2011
Richard A. Posner
Incarceration Blues
August 23, 2011
Richard A. Posner
Let’s Be Honest: We’re in a Depression, Not a Recession, And There’s No End In Sight
May 5, 2011
Richard A. Posner
The Court of Celebrity
December 3, 2010
Richard A. Posner
Wikileaks and the Art of Shutting Up
September 22, 2010
Richard A. Posner
Thrifty’s Not So Nifty
July 29, 2010
Richard A. Posner
'Top Secret America'—A Bust
July 21, 2010
Richard A. Posner
Just Friends
July 21, 2010
Richard A. Posner
Just Friends
February 17, 2010
Richard A. Posner
1937, 2010
January 29, 2010
Richard A. Posner
The Race Against Race
September 23, 2009
Richard A. Posner
How I Became a Keynesian
August 27, 2008
Richard A. Posner
In Defense of Looseness

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