My first assignment as a junior editor at the Harvard Journal on Legislation (1999-2000) was to cite check an article submitted by one Sen. Joseph R. Biden. I was shocked by the plagiarism I discovered. 🧵

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Cite checking involves formatting case citations under highly prescribed rules and searching Westlaw to make sure the cases haven’t been overruled or superseded. Because I was interested in the article’s topic (civil rights) I read a bunch of the cited cases all the way through.

If Sens. Sullivan, Murkowski; Young; Ernst; Collins; Blunt; Burr; Tillis; Portman; Romney; Capito; & Lummis support religious liberty over same-sex marriage absolutism, they should oppose RFMA cloture unless the Lee amendment passes. Votes at 5:30 today One pager on the misnamed Respect for Marriage Act
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A bill just passed by the California legislature and signed by Gov. Newsom made the following factual findings concerning people under 21 based on “current research and scientific evidence.” Specifically, that young people are “more impulsive, more likely to engage in risky and reckless behavior, unduly influenced by peer pressure, motivated more by rewards than costs or negative consequences, less likely to consider the future consequences of their actions and decisions, and less able to control themselves in emotionally arousing situations.” SB-1327