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More on McGinn, Miami, and President Shalala

Brian Leiter

Here, following up on this.

ADDENDUM:  Because the FP blog is hosted in the United Kingdom, and this item was posted by a resident of the United Kingdom, its postings are subject to English libel law, which includes takedown provisions and is much less friendly to defamation than US law.  If, in fact, the allegations by Ms. Olivarius are false, then we should expect Prof. McGinn to take legal steps to have it removed.

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