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From: TimF	9/21/2006 12:53:24 PM
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Defamation suits for the deceased Truly bad ideas from legal academia, part 2038 of a series: GWU lawprof Jonathan Turley wants to get rid of the common-law rule that you can't sue someone for injuring the reputation of a dead person. ("Give the Dead Their Due", Washington Post, Sept. 17). At Volokh Conspiracy, commenter elChato writes, I for one look forward to the descendants of the original Hatfields and McCoys settling in court who was responsible for starting and perpetuating their long-ago feud. The OK Corral battle can live again. Any descendants of Boss Tweed should be able to sue bookwriters who claim he stole $200 million (where's the proof?), Huey Long's descendants should be able to sue anyone who said he engaged in bribery and corruption (he was never convicted- where's the proof?), and on and on and on. Yes indeed, a great use for the time and energies of the court system which is otherwise sitting idle because there simply are not enough disputes among the living to keep judges busy. overlawyered.com

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