The Volokh Conspiracy

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• Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
  July 10, 2026

  Armed canvassers, extrajudicial killings, and guns on the metro.

• Lawyer Shows "Complete Disregard for His Ethical Obligations to Make Accurate Representations to the Court," Magistrate Judge Says
  July 10, 2026

  "He has been sanctioned repeatedly for his reliance on AI without verifying the quotations and citations .... Worse s...

• Salvation Army Has First Amendment Right to Ban Methodone Use by People in Its Adult Rehabilitation Centers
  July 10, 2026

  From Tassinari v. Salvation Army, decided Monday by Judge Leo Sorokin (D. Mass.); I'd love to hear what list members…...

• Nominal Damages Aren't Enough When There's Evidence of Emotional Distress in Defamation Per Se Case
  July 10, 2026

  From Sullivan v. Schiman, decided Tuesday by the Illinois Appellate Court (Justice John Anderson, joined by Justices ...

• What Happened to End Citizens United PAC v. FEC?
  July 10, 2026

  The D.C. Circuit reheard the case en banc over sixteen months ago, but there's still no opinion.

• Today in Supreme Court History: July 10, 1832
  July 10, 2026

  7/10/1832: President Jackson vetoes the bill to recharter the Second Bank of the United States. He wrote that the bil...

• Open Thread
  July 10, 2026

  What’s on your mind?

• "But What About My Goats?": The Roman Poet Martial on Lawyers
  July 09, 2026

  Reposting an item from 2015, which I've used often in my Amicus Brief Clinic, and which some of my students say they ...

• Claim That State Employee Was Unconstitutionally Demoted "Because She Did Not Share" Education Agency's Views on Race Can Go Forward
  July 09, 2026

  From Spengler v. Coop. Educ. Serv. Agency 7, decided yesterday by Seventh Circuit Judge Michael Scudder, joined by Ch...

• Banning Parents from Possessing Guns Because Their Child Has Described Thoughts of "Harming Herself Using a Rope" Violated Second Amendment
  July 09, 2026

  The ban was imposed even though police officers "examined [the parents'] gun safes, confirming that the firearms were...

• Today in Supreme Court History: July 9, 1868
  July 09, 2026

  7/9/1868: The Fourteenth Amendment is ratified. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 9, 1868 appeared first ...

• Open Thread
  July 09, 2026

  What’s on your mind?

• Sixteen Fun Facts About Me
  July 09, 2026

  Building on a meme started by Bryan Caplan and Richard Hanania.

• D.C. Circuit Denies Stay of Order Removing Trump's Name from Kennedy Center
  July 08, 2026

  From D.C. Circuit Judges Patricia Millett, Robert Wilkins, and Gregory Katsas today in Beatty v. Trump: On May 29, 20...

• Video of National Constitution Center Conference on "2026 Supreme Court Review: Key Decisions, Executive Power, Civil Discourse"
  July 08, 2026

  Three different VC bloggers were among the speakers: Jonathan Adler, Keith Whittington, and myself.

• "AI Is the Democratic Party's Next Villain"
  July 08, 2026

  "We analyze roughly 280,000 candidate fundraising emails to trace the rise of anti-billionaire populism in the Democr...

• Plaintiffs Alleges "Harassment by Posting of … News Accounts … Referenc[ing His] Ongoing Litigation … [with] His Ex-Wife"
  July 08, 2026

  A court refuses to order defendant to stop such posting.

• Today in Supreme Court History: July 8, 1941
  July 08, 2026

  7/8/1941: Justice James Byrnes takes oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 8, 1941 appeared first on Re...

• Open Thread
  July 08, 2026

  What’s on your mind?

• $150K Settlement as to Community College "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility" Requirements for Teaching
  July 07, 2026

  The Institute for Free Speech, which represented Bakersfield College Prof. Daymon Johnson, reports: Johnson has secur...