The Volokh Conspiracy

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• Today in Supreme Court History: May 18, 1860
  May 18, 2026

  5/18/1860: Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination. The post Today in Supreme Court History...

• Open Thread
  May 18, 2026

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• Memories of a Different Planet: Roentgenizdat
  May 17, 2026

  From Wikipedia, photo by Dmitry Rozhkov of display "Rock on bones" in Gallery "Vinzavod", Moscow (2008) My father Vla...

• Today in Supreme Court History: May 17, 1954
  May 17, 2026

  5/17/1954: Brown v. Board of Education and Bolling v. Sharpe are decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: Ma...

• Open Thread
  May 17, 2026

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• Today in Supreme Court History: May 16, 1918
  May 16, 2026

  5/16/1918: The Sedition Act of 1918 is enacted. The Supreme Court upheld prosecutions brought under this law in Schen...

• Open Thread
  May 16, 2026

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• S. Ct. Denies Stay of Virginia Supreme Court's Redistricting Referendum Decision
  May 15, 2026

  Today's order is here; the application that was denied is here. The state's argument for a stay, which the Court… The...

• Secret Recording at Pretend Date by O'Keefe Media Wasn't Tortious, Court Holds
  May 15, 2026

  From yesterday's decision by Judge Anthony Trenga (E.D. Va.) in Fseisi v. O'Keefe Media Group: The Complaint alleges ...

• Vladeck v. Adler on the Shadow Docket
  May 15, 2026

  A discussion of the Supreme Court's "Shadow Docket" on the We the People Podcast.

• Georgia High Court Admonishes D.A.'s Office, Over "Vehement" Dissent, for Role in AI Hallucinations in Court Order
  May 15, 2026

  But the court is unanimous on the sanctions for the particular Assistant D.A. who was involved, and added: "We strong...

• Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
  May 15, 2026

  A camp chair, a shaking of faith, and a murder in front of a Waffle House.

• No Discovery into Alleged "Actual Malice" in Trump's Lawsuit Against WSJ Over Jeffrey Epstein Birthday Letter Story
  May 15, 2026

  From Trump v. Dow Jones & Co., decided Wednesday by Judge Darrin Gayles (S.D. Fla.): On July 18, 2025, President… The...

• Supreme Court "Shadow Docket" Order Preserves Mifepristone Via Telemedicine--For Now
  May 15, 2026

  The Court stayed a lower court order that would have blocked FDA rules allowing the prescription of mifepristone to t...

• $500K Damages for False Report of Assault to Police
  May 15, 2026

  From Bisogno v. Libertella, decided two months ago by the New York Appellate Division, Justices Francesca E. Connolly...

• Court Orders Reinstatement of Untenured Professor Allegedly Non-Renewed for Speech About "the Palestinian Resistance"
  May 15, 2026

  From Robinson v. Damphousse, decided Wednesday by Judge Alan Albright (W.D. Tex.): Plaintiff Dr. Idris Robinson is a ...

• Guest Post: State Prosecutors, Protests, and Politics as Usual?
  May 15, 2026

  Professors Bruce A. Green and Rebecca Roiphe opine on the disqualification of a Santa Clara County prosecutor.

• Today in Supreme Court History: May 15, 2000
  May 15, 2026

  5/15/2000: U.S. v. Morrison is decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: May 15, 2000 appeared first on Reaso...

• Open Thread
  May 15, 2026

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• A Footnote To Danco?
  May 15, 2026

  Justice Alito's dissent had two footnotes, but they were not numbered.