Howard Bashman at How Appealing quotes Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner on the issue that is burning up the blawgs - "What happened to A3G/David Lat?"
For those just tuning in, one of the more popular legal blogs in recent years has been Underneath Their Robes (UTR) and its proprietress, Article III Groupie (A3G). On Monday, Jeffrey Toobin revealed in the New Yorker that A3G's secret identity is David Lat, a Justice Department Attorney in Newark, New Jersey.
Judge Posner notes that he predicted that A3G was male and now predicts that the blog won't survive that disclosure. He is apparently right again since A3G's once popular blog is now password protected and effectively off-line.
I will miss such classic posts as the Male and Female "Superhotties of the Federal Judiciary" and "Cribs" of the judicial elite.
Update: Daniel Solove at Concurring Opinions has posted his thoughts on this subject here and Jaded JD has a thoughtful post on the lesson here for those who expect everyone to blog under their real identities.
I have certainly been dissuaded from revealing that in actuality, I am a paralegal in a Fairbanks, Alaska real estate firm. (Why do I have the feeling that you aren't buying that?)
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