Plagiarism? What Plagiarism?

On Sunday, we noted that Professor Larry Tribe, the Democratic Party’s top scholar, had been charged with plagiarism by Joseph Bottum of the Weekly Standard, in connection with Tribe’s 1985 book God Save This Honorable Court, which provided the intellectual justification for the Borking of Judge Robert Bork.
Professor Tribe lost no time in acknowledging the accuracy of Bottum’s charge, as reported by the Harvard Crimson:

Tribe could not be reached directly for comment yesterday, but issued a statement to The Crimson via e-mail.
He said he recognized his

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