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Reprint orders should be addressed to: William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Hein Building 1285 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14209 TEXAS REVIEW of LAW & POLITICS VOL. 15, No. 1 FALL 2010 PAGES 1-265 ARTICLES BLEAK PROSPECTS: HOW HEALTH CARE REFORM HAS FAILED IN THE UNITED STATES R ichard A. Epstein ................................................................ 1 SOMALI PIRATES: AN EXPANSIVE INTERPRETATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS A m itai Etzioni ...................................................................... 39 THE PLENARY POWER DOCTRINE AND THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF IDEOLOGICAL EXCLUSIONS: AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Patrick J. 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WASHINGTON STATE DOT DECISION Robert Luther III.................................................................... 199 COMPLETING ELY'S REPRESENTATION: REINFORCING THEORY OF JUDICIAL REVIEW BY ACCOUNTING FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES OF STATE CITIZENSHIP Shane Pennington.................................................................. 219 HOW HIGH IS Too HIGH?: JUDICIAL ELECTIONS AND RECUSAL AFTER CAPERTON Daniel B etts ............................................................................ 247 4 BOARD OF ADVISORS Hon. Greg Abbott Hon. Royce C. Lamberth Hon. Bob Barr Prof. Gary S. Lawson Mr. Bradley A. Benbrook Prof. Jonathan R. Macey Mr. Clint Bolick Prof. Gregory Maggs Hon. Robert H. Bork Mr. John P. McConnell Prof. Steven G. Calabresi Hon. Edwin Meese III Prof. Thomas J. Campbell Mr. William H. Mellor Hon. T. Kenneth Cribb Jr. Mr. Allan E. Parker Jr. Hon. R. Ted Cruz Mr. Thomas W. Pauken Ms. Susanna Dokupil Prof. Stephen B. Presser Prof. Richard A. Epstein Mr. Keith S. 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