Jul 04, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy People with Past Mental Hospital Commitments May Regain Second Amendment Rights From Thursday's Seventh Circuit decision in U.S. v. Rose, written by Judge Frank Easterbook and joined by Judges Thomas Kirsch… The post People with Past Mental Hospital Commitments May Regain Seco...
Jul 04, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Court Rejects Professor's Claim That Discontinuation of University DEI Offices and Programs Violated Professor's Rights From Judge Matthew McFarland (S.D. Ohio) Thursday in Rice v. Schell; the analysis seems basically correct to me: [T]he Advance… The post Court Rejects Professor's Claim That Discontinuation of Univ...
Jul 04, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Today in Supreme Court History: July 4, 1776 7/4/1776: Declaration of Independence is signed. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 4, 1776 appeared first on Reason.com.
Jul 04, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Judge's Conclusions About Risks of Identification for ICE Officers From U.S. v. Virginia, decided yesterday by Judge Robert Payne (E.D. Va.); these conclusions played a role in the court's… The post Judge's Conclusions About Risks of Identification for ICE Officer...
Jul 04, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Virginia Law Banning Law Enforcement Officer Masks Blocked as to ICE From U.S. v. Virginia, decided yesterday by Judge Robert Payne (E.D. Va.): On May 20, 2026, citing concerns that federal… The post Virginia Law Banning Law Enforcement Officer Masks Blocked as to I...
Jul 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Mike Huckabee's False-Advertising-Related Case Against Meta Can Go Forward From the June 23 decision in Huckabee v. Meta Platforms, Inc., by Third Circuit Judge Peter Phipps, joined by Judges… The post Mike Huckabee's False-Advertising-Related Case Against Meta Can Go For...
Jul 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Open Thread Sorry for the delay: Auto-posting somehow didn't work today.
Jul 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Some Thoughts on the Court's Opinion(s) in the Birthright Citizenship Case Did any of the other Justices happen to notice Justice Kavanaugh's argument that the entire matter could have been disposed of on statutory grounds?
Jul 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy The American Bald Eagle Is Back - But Don't Credit the Endangered Species Act Many things contributed to the rebound and recovery of the bald eagle, but the nation's foremost species conservation statute deserves little credit.
Jul 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy HHS Video That Depicted HHS Group Director Wearing Allegedly Anti-Israel Symbols Wasn't Actionable Workplace Harassment An excerpt from Openden v. Kennedy, decided Tuesday by Judge Adam Abelson (D. Md.): In June 2024, the Centers for… The post HHS Video That Depicted HHS Group Director Wearing Allegedly Anti-Israel ...
Jul 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy UNC Non-Tenure-Track Professor's Nonrenewal Upheld "[Students] reported that the course content did not align with its description in the course catalog; that the course was poorly organized and 'essentially was a stream of consciousness conversati...
Jul 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Today in Supreme Court History: July 3, 1941 7/3/1941: Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone takes oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 3, 1941 appeared first on Reason.com.
Jul 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Soccer hooligans, sticky fingers at the FBI, and juries for the HHS.
Jul 02, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Why Balogun's World Cup Red Card Was Incorrect A lawyer's—and former trial judge's—perspective.
Jul 02, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Will Trump v. Barbara End the Birthright Citizenship Debate The Court may have ruled on birthright citizenship, but the debate over birthright citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment is likely to continue.
Jul 02, 2026 from Above the Law Fireworks, Firm Raises, And Fantasy Vacations — See Also The Supreme Court's Politics Are Becoming A Big Problem: And Americans are catching on. Compensation Decisions Don't Wait Around For Biglaw: Boutiques are taking over when it comes to paying their ...
Jul 02, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Trump Media Group Loses Lawsuit Against Washington Post, Over Allegations Related to SEC Disclosures Today's order by Judge Thomas Barber (M.D. Fla.) in Trump Media & Tech. Group Corp. v. WP Co. LLC grants… The post Trump Media Group Loses Lawsuit Against Washington Post, Over Allegations Related ...
Jul 02, 2026 from Above the Law Plotting Biglaw’s Growth Pattern Biglaw is taking advantage of the moment. The post Plotting Biglaw’s Growth Pattern appeared first on Above the Law.
Jul 02, 2026 from Above the Law Goodbye Ratings, Hello Benchmarks: If Legal Tech Can Benchmark Attorneys, Shouldn’t Attorneys Be Able To Ethically Benchmark Back? The legal profession needs to understand what benchmarks are, how they work, and whether existing ethics rules are equipped to handle them. The post Goodbye Ratings, Hello Benchmarks: If Legal Tech...
