Posts tagged "politics"

Aug 14, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

"Fascist" Menachem Begin was a Champion of Individual Rights and the Rule of Law

And he certainly was no Fascist.

Aug 14, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Plaintiffs Contesting Tren de Aragua Membership Claims / Alien Enemies Act Application Can't Sue Pseudonymously

​From yesterday's published order in W.M.M. v. Trump (en banc), by Chief Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod: In response to questions… The post Plaintiffs Contesting Tren de Aragua Membership Claims / Ali...

Aug 14, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Sixth Circuit Reverses Pretrial Release for Antifa Member Accused of ICE-Related Threats

Some excerpts from the long (>16K word) opinions in Wednesday's U.S. v. Wagner, written by Sixth Circuit Judge Whitney Hermandorfer,… The post Sixth Circuit Reverses Pretrial Release for Antifa Mem...

Aug 14, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Today in Supreme Court History: August 14, 1935

8/14/1935: President Roosevelt signs into law the Social Security Act of 1935. The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of this… The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 14, 1935 appea...

Aug 14, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Open Thread

What’s on your mind?

Aug 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

En Banc Fifth Circuit Dismisses Alien Enemies Act Case as Moot

The ruling does not address whether Trump properly invoked the Act.

Aug 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Justice Elena Kagan on the Late, Great Prof. Richard Fallon

From the Harvard Law Review (thanks to Prof. Richard Re for the pointer): Forty years ago, I walked into Dick… The post Justice Elena Kagan on the Late, Great Prof. Richard Fallon appeared first on...

Aug 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Surrogacy Contracts, Abortion, and Peonage

Some questions for liberals and conservative to think about.

Aug 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Fifth Circuit Allows 2021 Texas Election Integrity Law To Finally Go Into Effect

"In short, we have been playing an exhausting game of Whac-A-Mole to correct the district court’s mishandling of this case."

Aug 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Court Dismisses Government's Title VI Anti-Semitism Lawsuit Against Harvard

The decision turns on the particulars of the scheme for federal enforcement of Title VI.

Aug 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Court Faults Self-Represented Plaintiff for Including Hidden "Prompt Injection" in Court Filing

An excerpt from Connecticut Superior Court Judge Walter M. Spader, Jr. last week in Elliott v. N.Y. Bariatric Group, LLC:… The post Court Faults Self-Represented Plaintiff for Including Hidden "Pro...

Aug 13, 2026 from The Jaxson

The woman who built Jacksonville's beauty empire

Long before entrepreneurship became a buzzword, Sophia Nickerson Starks built one of Jacksonville's most influential Black-owned institutions. -

Aug 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Connecticut Court Rejects Requested $7.7M Civil Penalty for Florida Company's Marketing "Ghost Gun" Parts on Its Web Site

From Connecticut Superior Court Judge Daniel Klau's long opinion last week in State v. Indie Guns LLC: The principal question… The post Connecticut Court Rejects Requested $7.7M Civil Penalty for F...

Aug 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Today in Supreme Court History: August 13, 1788

8/13/1788: Federalist No. 85 is published by Alexander Hamilton. The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 13, 1788 appeared first on Reason.com.

Aug 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Open Thread

What’s on your mind?

Aug 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Second Amendment Roundup: The Militia of the Sea

The Marque and Reprisal Clause as Textual Proof of Private Heavy-Arms Ownership at the Founding

Aug 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Donald Trump's Unsustainable Presidential Administration

The second Trump Administration insists on acting unilaterally, and that will make many of its policy changes unsustainable over time.

Aug 12, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Do Colleges Owe Partial Refunds for Online-Only COVID Transition?

The Second Circuit asks New York's highest court to indicate what New York law says on this.

Aug 12, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Court Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's Constitutional Challenge to Epstein Files Transparency Act

From Judge Loretta Preska (S.D.N.Y.) in yesterday's Giuffre v. Maxwell: On March 18, 2016, the late Judge Sweet issued a… The post Court Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's Constitutional Challenge to Epst...

Aug 12, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Journal of Free Speech Law: "Milton, Mill, and (Maybe) Aristotle on Why Hearing Horrible Speech Makes You a Better Person," by Andrew Koppelman

The article is here; here's the part of the Introduction that summarizes the core of the argument: How do you… The post Journal of Free Speech Law: "Milton, Mill, and (Maybe) Aristotle on Why Heari...