The Volokh Conspiracy
https://reason.com/volokhMostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent | Est. 2002
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Some excerpts from the long opinion in Mullen v. Giordano, decided Thursday by Judge Susan Brnovich (D. Ariz.): The N...
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5/26/1868: Senate acquitted President Andrew Johnson and adjourned as court of impeachment. Chief Justice Chase presi...
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What’s on your mind?
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5/25/1861: John Merryman arrested. Chief Justice Taney ruled that his detention was unconstitutional in Ex Parte Merr...
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The General Assembly tests the courts to see what it can get away with.
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I participated, along with prominent legal scholars Gabriel Chin and Paul Finkelman.
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5/24/1870: Justice Benjamin Cardozo's birthday. The post Today in Supreme Court History: May 24, 1870 appeared first ...
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A short excerpt from yesterday's 15K-word opinion by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil (S.D.N.Y.) Friday in Wolff v. Trump: In ...
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In most states, child custody matters are decided by judges; but in Texas, they are in large part decided by… The pos...
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The Trump/DOJ Settlement Agreement: -- "Utterly stupid, morally wrong"
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5/23/1991: Rust v. Sullivan is decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: May 23, 1991 appeared first on Reaso...
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From Judge David Alan Ezra (W.D. Tex.) today in Wilkins v. Seraphin: This case arises from allegedly defamatory state...
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From today's D.C. Circuit decision in Butters v. Nat'l Acad. of Sciences, by Judge Douglas Ginsburg, joined by Judges...
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Congress can only stop Trump’s actions in Iran by passing a concurrent resolution of both Houses over Trump’s veto, o...
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SWAT damage, sloppy briefs, and forced confessions.
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From the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Wednesday: After spending 37 days in jail for nothing more tha...
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The student sued seeking to undo the reprimand and report to the bar, but a federal court concluded that this particu...