Clarification re: list membership

[Richard D. Friedman]

Thanks, Eugene.

Rich

At 06:26 PM 8/5/00 -0700, you wrote:

>
>         Just a brief clarification:  The list is aimed primarily at law
> professors and others who are highly knowledgeable on constitutional law,
> largely not to keep matters confidential but to make sure that the posts are
> of high quality.  I on occasion make exceptions to this general approach, for
> instance for academics in allied disciplines, highly knowledgeable
> practitioners (Marty Lederman is obviously the equal of any of us in
> knowledge and erudition), and some others, including on occasion some
> journalists who write on related topics.  I wanted to clarify this so that
> people would not be misled.
>
>         Eugene
> On the subject of journalistic use -- I appreciate Mr. Mauro's view, which  I
> think is the proper one.  I admit to some confusion as to how journalists
 are
> reading a discussion list that is identified as being for con law
> professors.  In this particular case, I think the fact that the quotes were
> not attributed lessens the breach.  Personally, I have treated the
> conversation here as I would if we were all together in a room -- which
> means, for example, that if A says something possibly negative about person
> B, who's not present, you don't go to B and say "A said such and such about
> you."  But you might say, "Here's what's being said about you.  You might
> want to respond."


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