Perhaps you are referring to Ilya Somin's How Federal is Star Trek's Federation? post at the Volokh Conspiracy blog? http://www.volokh.com/posts/1190182117.sht

Perhaps you are referring to Ilya Somin's How Federal is Star Trek's Federation? post at the Volokh Conspiracy blog? http://www.volokh.com/posts/1190182117.shtml http://www.volokh.com/posts/1190182117.shtml