August 19, 2006 4:35PM 

# From Your Blog to God’s Ears 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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Have blogs become part of the mainstream? Consider the evidence of [a front-page story](http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/19/washington/19ruling.html?hp&ex=1156046400&en=d97e6a4d75381841&ei=5094&partner=homepage) in Saturday’s *New York Times*, which reports on reaction to the federal court ruling that the NSA wiretapping program is illegal. The first three legal experts quoted are bloggers; two of the quotes are from the blogs, one appears to be from an interview with a lawyer-blogger. Stop writing those law review articles, legal scholars, and get thee to Blogger.

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