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11 J.L. & Pol'y 745 (2002-2003)
Reversing Reform: The Handschu Settlement in Post-September 11 New York City

handle is hein.journals/jlawp11 and id is 751 raw text is: REVERSING REFORM: THE HANDSCHU
SETTLEMENT IN POST-SEPTEMBER 11
NEW YORK CITY
Jerrold L. Steigman*
Tappin' my phone, they never leave me alone
I'm even lethal when I'm unarmed
'Cause I'm louder than a bomb
-Public Enemy1
INTRODUCTION
Since September 11, 2001, messages from the government
and mainstream press have been full of reminders that the world
has changed.2 Mass hysteria has affected markets, government
and society. The United States government rushed through
legislation aimed at deterring further terrorist attacks and
protecting the country, and rounded up suspects based on
ethnicity. The words September 11 became synonymous with
somber reflection and demanded an etiquette that instantly
developed. A satirical newspaper wondered if irony was dead.3
* Brooklyn Law School Class of 2004; B.S., B.A., Binghamton
University, 1996.
Public Enemy, Louder Than a Bomb, on IT TAKES A NATION OF
MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK (Deflam Recordings 1988).
2 David Cole, National Security State, THE NATION, Dec. 17, 2001, at 4
(It is already a cliche that the attacks of September 11 'changed
everything.').
' Report: Gen X Irony, Cynicism May be Permanently Obsolete, THE
ONION, Sept. 26, 2001, at 2.

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