"Unfortunately, this has not happened here." Lawprof Jack Balkin nixes comments. Though his co-bloggers can still turn comments on for their individual posts, he's had it with trolls and name-calling: There is very rarely any serious analysis; mostly there is point scoring and vitriol. Many regular ...

"Sarah's first grandchild is named after Hillary's husband's nemesis...Linda Tripp! Sarah always manages to one-up Hillary!" Wrote Zachary Paul Sire, somewhere in the long comments thread that spun out under my "Benjamin Button" commentary last night. IN THE COMMENTS: Henry Buck says: The Palins (I ...