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Lawyer turned writer, editor, and speaker. Founder, Above The Law (@ATLblog) and Underneath Their Robes. Author, Supreme Ambitions: A Novel (@SCOTUSambitions).

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    1. Brian L. Frye‏ @brianlfrye 19 Dec 2017
      Replying to @HoffProf @DavidLat and

      Agreed. Or at least, encourages it.

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    2. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat 19 Dec 2017
      Replying to @brianlfrye @HoffProf and

      People can commit bad acts/act badly, but speaking for myself, I don’t like to brand people “bad human beings.” I’m not perfect and it’s not my place to judge.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    3. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat 19 Dec 2017
      Replying to @DavidLat @brianlfrye and

      As I’ve said before, I didn’t know any details (as opposed to vague rumors) until the @washingtonpost stories (& former clerks rebuffed my efforts to get such details).

      3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    4. Peter Conti-Brown‏ @PeterContiBrown 21 Dec 2017
      Replying to @DavidLat @brianlfrye and

      But...your fictionalized Judge Kozinski was basically a sexual harasser par excellence, right? You said you didn’t defame anyone in writing the book and the behavior you describe is pretty outrageous. Presumably that was based on something?

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    5. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat 21 Dec 2017
      Replying to @PeterContiBrown @brianlfrye and

      Oh goodness, I have a lot to say, & at some point I will say it in full. But for the time being: 1. This post by @PeterContiBrown is very insightful: http://yalejreg.com/nc/revisiting-david-lats-supreme-ambitions-in-light-of-the-kozinski-scandal/ … #SCOTUS #AppellateTwitter

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      David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat 21 Dec 2017
      Replying to @DavidLat @PeterContiBrown and

      2. I had no clue about all the allegations that would later emerge, but like many, I had heard inchoate rumors; I took these rumors & fictionalized heavily, as novelists do; little did I know that life might imitate art.

      9:42 PM - 21 Dec 2017
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        2. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat 21 Dec 2017
          Replying to @DavidLat @PeterContiBrown and

          3. The Polanski character’s actions fall well short of the allegations - Audrey even finds him “charming” - but the ending (pp. 280-81) hints that there could be more below the surface.

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        3. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat 21 Dec 2017
          Replying to @DavidLat @PeterContiBrown and

          4. But again, I had no clue my “prediction” would come to pass - just like the death in the book of a brilliant, fiery conservative #SCOTUS justice, at age 79, predeceasing an older, liberal, cancer-surviving female colleague.

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        4. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat 21 Dec 2017
          Replying to @DavidLat @PeterContiBrown and

          5. But now, as @AppellateDaily suggested the other day, I might have more material for a sequel, this time taking place at #SCOTUS....pic.twitter.com/a80GkCVTi6

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        5. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat 21 Dec 2017
          Replying to @DavidLat @PeterContiBrown and

          6. The theme I had in mind for the sequel (well before recent events): human beings are complicated creatures, and a “hero” in one context can be a “villain” in another (& vice versa - I was actually planning to redeem the Stinson character).

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        6. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat 21 Dec 2017
          Replying to @DavidLat @PeterContiBrown and

          7. The Audrey character - who’s a stand-in for me, as I’ve said before- is a bit naive. And maybe so was I.

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