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sodomy laws impinge upon the liberty interests of gay people, straight judges needed to appreciate the centrality in the lives of others of private practices that most of them have little interest in. (Though I suppose Justice Scalia never did answer that NYU student's question.) And this is true, I think, whether or not one thinks Lawrence v. Texas was rightly decided, all things considered. Sometimes, at least, the proper interpretation of the law is inextricably linked to a rich sense of how it affects people in

sodomy laws impinge upon the liberty interests of gay people, straight judges needed to appreciate the centrality in the lives of others of private practices that most of them have little interest in. (Though I suppose Justice Scalia never did answer that NYU student’s question.) And this is true, I think, whether or not one thinks Lawrence v. Texas was rightly decided, all things considered. Sometimes, at least, the proper interpretation of the law is inextricably linked to a rich sense of how it affects people in

sodomy laws impinge upon the liberty interests of gay people, straight judges needed to appreciate the centrality in the lives of others of private practices that most of them have little interest in. (Though I suppose Justice Scalia never did answer that NYU student’s question.) And this is true, I think, whether or not one thinks Lawrence v. Texas was rightly decided, all things considered. Sometimes, at least, the proper interpretation of the law is inextricably linked to a rich sense of how it affects people in