Shh!

[stoutfellow]

I don't know about you, but I find the idea of secret laws - laws whose content, whose very existence, cannot be discussed in public - extremely disturbing.

Addendum: Brian Tamanaha, at Balkinization, is very concerned. Orin Kerr, at the Volokh Conspiracy, thinks it isn't that big a deal. I respect both of them; both are lawyers (although Kerr admits that this isn't his area of expertise). I'll reserve judgment, pending further information.