The Volokh Conspiracy
https://reason.com/volokhMostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent | Est. 2002
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Ilya Somin's upcoming speaking engagements for the summer of 2026. Most are free and open to the public.
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"The way for judges to stop tinkering with the machinery of death is to stop tinkering with the machinery of death."
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From Amitay v. Jews for Jesus, decided Thursday by the California Court of Appeal (Justice Marla Miller, joined by Ju...
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So holds the Ohio Court of Appeals, interpreting the Ohio disturbing-lawful-meeting statute.
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From Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV yesterday in U.S. v. Nshimiye (D. Mass.): This is a criminal case arising out… The pos...
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6/2/1952: Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: June 2, 1952 appear...
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What’s on your mind?
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It was published on the Society for the Rule of Law's Checks and Balances substack.
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From Wenzler v. U.S. Coast Guard, decided today by Seventh Circuit Judge Michael Scudder, joined by Judges Amy St. Ev...
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Perhaps it is common enough for Presidents to sign executive orders he does not read, or for members of Congress to v...
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This aspect of the "shadow" docket is largely ignored.
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"Such practices are repugnant to the rule of law, and ICE is warned that further obfuscation and misuse of sealing an...
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Serious questions about Trump's scheme to get the government to (a) put $1.776 billion into a slush fund under his co...
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actions signaling that he might have sent law enforcement information about another inmate.
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Suing under a pseudonym can often be quite valuable to a plaintiff; for instance, someone suing over alleged mistreat...
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"This is sociopolitical behavior," the trial court held, "not the behavior one would engage in when he [has PTSD]."
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6/1/1925: Pierce v. Society of Sisters is decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: June 1, 1925 appeared fir...
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What’s on your mind?
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"Kyiv says the Army of Drones Bonus system, in which points may be redeemed for weapons, is the first of its kind any...
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A discussion on the legal background and implications of using the Congressional Review Act to rescind the waiver of ...