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- noun The state, quality, or condition of being
protective .
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protective + -ity
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Hyper-protectivity toward internet and computer technologies seems to be the hallmark of the author judge and current chief judge of the circuit, and I would be surprised if he and the pseudo-en banc panel were able to take a step back from the abyss and remove the technocratic dicta and procedural guidelines from the opinion without being ordered to do so by the entire court or another Court which is not predisposed toward 9th Circuit jurisprudence.
The Volokh Conspiracy » DOJ Files Brief Supporting Super-En-Banc in CDT 2009
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