December 15, 2006
"[T]here is an international law of admiralty. Eventually there will be an international law of virtual worlds."
This is really extraordinary-- the transcript of Judge Posner's online speech in Second Life: featuring furry mammals, terrorist attacks, and much more. (Link via Howard Bashman and Josh Chafetz.)
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Delegating the Power to Sign
If the President decides to sign a bill, can he sign it by having somebody else affix his signature for him? The Office of Legal Counsel says yes, pointing out that otherwise it's hard for emergency legislation to take effect while the President is out of town. The alternative, I suppose, would be to talk to Margaret Atwood about an executive longpen.
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