Comments on: CPSIA: Library books under an orange tarp https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/02/cpsia-library-books-under-an-orange-tarp/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:17:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Trojan Horse “Food Safety” Law | OpenMarket.org https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/02/cpsia-library-books-under-an-orange-tarp/comment-page-1/#comment-44494 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:17:35 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=9258#comment-44494 […] stores and entire industries, resulting in children’s books being thrown out and pulled from library shelves by the thousands. It harmed poor people and special-needs kids. It rendered many ordinary bicycles […]

]]> By: CPSC: No, we didn’t ask libraries to pull pre-1985 books https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/02/cpsia-library-books-under-an-orange-tarp/comment-page-1/#comment-42981 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:49:34 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=9258#comment-42981 […] Association knows of only two libraries that have sequestered such volumes — we’ve reported on one — and that both ceased the practice at ALA’s urging. It also links to an overview of […]

]]> By: An Explosion of Litigation | OpenMarket.org https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/02/cpsia-library-books-under-an-orange-tarp/comment-page-1/#comment-42653 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:36:28 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=9258#comment-42653 […] over toys, clothes, and books, resulting in children’s books being thrown out and pulled from library shelves by the thousands. « Obama on Earmarks and Pork-Barrel Spending The Socialism that Dare not […]

]]> By: Walter Olson https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/02/cpsia-library-books-under-an-orange-tarp/comment-page-1/#comment-41351 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:56:16 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=9258#comment-41351 Thanks. Installed updated link.

]]> By: H.C. O'Neill https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/02/cpsia-library-books-under-an-orange-tarp/comment-page-1/#comment-41347 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:46:50 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=9258#comment-41347 The article has now been archived so is at a slightly different location. Link should now point to:
http://www.ncnewspress.com/archive/x1959823637/Librarian-quarantines-books

]]> By: CPSIA chronicles, February 26 https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/02/cpsia-library-books-under-an-orange-tarp/comment-page-1/#comment-41266 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:39:29 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=9258#comment-41266 […] authorities, or who are most legally risk-averse, or something, who are taking drastic steps like tarping over their pre-1985 stacks or planning to discard the volumes entirely or excluding older kids’ books from their […]

]]> By: Happymom4 https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/02/cpsia-library-books-under-an-orange-tarp/comment-page-1/#comment-40787 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:07:10 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=9258#comment-40787 Insanity. People, weep.

The helpful “Big Brother” has just shot itself and all of us not only in the feet, but in the vital organs.

]]> By: Greg https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/02/cpsia-library-books-under-an-orange-tarp/comment-page-1/#comment-40768 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:43:51 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=9258#comment-40768 Once libraries start pulling books from their shelves because of the CPSIA, I wonder how long it will be before some parent, whose child checked out one of those books in the past, decides to sue the library for potentially exposing their child to lead. I can easily see parents using this as a reason to sue all sorts of retailers and manufacturers.

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