25 points sebg 1 hour ago 4 comments
xhevahir 29 minutes ago | parent
Posner did more than anyone else to consign law to a branch of economics, specifically economics as understood by the Chicago School.
zoeysmithe 26 minutes ago | parent
If it wasn't for this guy, Indiana would be a lot bluer. Too little too late to apologize. Also a mere 6 year reversal of opinion absolutely says he did this for corrupt reasons. Now that Indiana can easily turn away people at the voting booth he can just "apologize." Not to mention his insane take on the economics of babies. This guy is the "Chicago School" personified and another relic in history's dustbin.
Posner authored the 2007 Seventh Circuit opinion upholding Indiana’s strict voter ID law in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, which the U.S. Supreme Court later affirmed. Years later, in a 2013 interview with HuffPost Live and subsequent writings, Posner dramatically reversed his stance, stating that the opinion was wrong and that such voter ID laws were actually transparent political efforts to suppress Democratic votes
throwaway81523 5 minutes ago | parent
Age 87. I had to read some stuff by him a long time ago.