The Volokh Conspiracy

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• Government May Not "Demand Divorce as a Precondition for Maintaining Parental Rights"
  June 08, 2026

  From Texas Supreme Court Justice Evan Young's majority opinion Friday in In the Interest of H.S.: Few principles in o...

• How Do You Know She Is a Witch? Or Satan's Soldier?
  June 08, 2026

  From Life Mastery Network LLC v. Haygarth, decided May 22 by Judge Jill Otake (D. Haw.), but just posted on… The post...

• The 12 Cases Consolidated as ChatGPT Product Liability Cases in S.F. Superior Court
  June 08, 2026

  For those following litigation over AI output, here's the consolidation order, together with the motion that led to i...

• Texas Court Orders Google to Remove Information Posted by User Regarding xAI-Linked Data Center
  June 08, 2026

  Excerpts from an order issued May 19 by Tarrant County District Court Judge Megan Fahey, in CTC Property LLC v.… The ...

• Today in Supreme Court History: June 8, 1925
  June 08, 2026

  6/8/1925: Gitlow v. People of the State of New York decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: June 8, 1925 ap...

• Open Thread
  June 08, 2026

  What’s on your mind?

• Second Amendment Roundup: No Protection for Heroin Trafficker
  June 08, 2026

  Fifth Circuit reaffirms Rahimi’s “dangerousness” standard in § 922(a)(1) case

• The Criminal Charges Against Judge Ryan Nelson: How Should the Judiciary Respond?
  June 07, 2026

  A guest post from Professor Arthur Hellman.

• A Few Preliminary Thoughts About Judge Ryan Nelson's Parking Lot Incident
  June 07, 2026

  There are different ways we learn about judges who misbehave. In some cases, we learn about the misconduct after all…...

• Law Students: Interested in Helping With Cite-Checking on the Journal of Free Speech Law?
  June 07, 2026

  Our Journal of Free Speech Law is faculty-edited, and we have a part-time professional proofreader and bluebooker. Al...

• Keep the Blockade of Iran in Place
  June 07, 2026

  The government of Iran is likely to experience real regime change, and to surrender unconditionally in two to four mo...

• "Why Can't California Count?"
  June 07, 2026

  Eli McKown-Dawson (Silver Bulletin) writes (introduced by Nate Silver): California is notoriously slow at counting it...

• AI Remember Doing the Time Warp
  June 07, 2026

  Madness takes its toll.

• Today in Supreme Court History: June 7, 1965
  June 07, 2026

  6/7/1965: Griswold v. Connecticut is decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: June 7, 1965 appeared first on...

• Open Thread
  June 07, 2026

  What’s on your mind?

• Judge Ryan Nelson (9th Cir.) Arrested for Allegedly Knocking off Man's Glasses in Parking Space Dispute
  June 07, 2026

  Idaho State Journal (Jimmy Hancock) reports (including video): U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ryan Douglas N...

• Judge Ryan Nelson (9th Cir.) Charged with Battery for Allegedly Knocking off Man's Glasses in Parking Space Dispute
  June 07, 2026

  Idaho State Journal (Jimmy Hancock) reports (including video): U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ryan Douglas N...

• Gordon-Darby Prepares to Renew Effort to Commandeer New Hampshire in Order to Maintain Emissions Testing Contract
  June 06, 2026

  Since it lost its first case on technical procedural grounds, the company plans to try again.

• Is the Endangered Species Act Being Used to Commandeer State Governments?
  June 06, 2026

  A webinar discussion of whether we are seeing conservation commandeering.

• Today in Supreme Court History: June 6, 2005
  June 06, 2026

  6/6/2005: Gonzales v. Raich is decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: June 6, 2005 appeared first on Reaso...