Jun 09, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy "Desire to Undo the Past" Can't Justify Libel Claim Over "Indisputably Truthful" Articles About Criminal Charges + Expungement An excerpt from Sunar v. Gray Local Media, Inc., decided today by Judge Kenneth Bell (W.D.N.C.): Defendants Gray Local Media,… The post "Desire to Undo the Past" Can't Justify Libel Claim Over "Ind...
Jun 09, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Office of Legal Counsel Concludes That Disparate Impact Liability Under Title VII Is Unconstitutional Two decades after Justice Scalia's Ricci concurrence, the "war between disparate impact and equal protection will be waged" very soon.
Jun 09, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy My New Washington Post Op ed on NYC Mayor Mamdani's Unconstitutional Housing Policy His plan to expropriate rental housing violates the Takings Clause, and would exacerbate the City's housing crisis rather than alleviate it.
Jun 09, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual Vapeserver Jemand hat aus einer weggeworfenen elektrischen Zigarette einen Webserver gebastelt.
Jun 09, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy "Al Ghashiyah Testified That … as Head of the Family, He Has Decided that Islamic Law Is the Law that Applies to the Family" Uh, no, says the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, refusing to set aside plaintiff’s brother’s will, in which the brother left nothing to the plaintiff.
Jun 09, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Nonexistent Case Citations on Both Sides + "Rubberstamp[ing]" by "Local Counsel" "In an era of rampant unverified AI usage within the legal field, this case presents a prime example of the risk associated with serving as a rubberstamp when acting as local counsel."
Jun 09, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Attempt to Seal Court Filing, and to Order Members of the Public to Destroy Their Copies, Withdrawn A couple of weeks ago, the litigants in the Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation multi-district case tried… The post Attempt to Seal Court Filing, and to ...
Jun 09, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Obligation to Cite-Check the Cases Cited by the Other Side and Report Errors to Court It's hardly news that you shouldn't file briefs with AI-hallucinated cases. But should you check all of your opponent's citations… The post Obligation to Cite-Check the Cases Cited by the Other Sid...
Jun 09, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Archaeologist's Libel Claim Over Allegations of "Trafficking in Stolen Native American Human Remains" Can Go Forward From Judge Robert Hinkle (N.D. Fla.) May 27 in Shanks v. Schwadron: Shanks was an archaeologist employed at the National… The post Archaeologist's Libel Claim Over Allegations of "Trafficking in St...
Jun 09, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Today in Supreme Court History: June 9, 1970 6/9/1970: Justice Harry Blackmun (no relation) takes oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: June 9, 1970 appeared first on Reason.com.
Jun 08, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Ex-DOGE Staffer, Ex-Pete-Hegseth Advisor Justin Fulcher Sues the Guardian for Libel From today's Complaint in Fulcher v. Guardian News & Media LLC (D.D.C.); of course, these are just plaintiff's allegations: On… The post Ex-DOGE Staffer, Ex-Pete-Hegseth Advisor Justin Fulcher Sues...
Jun 08, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy "Plaintiff Also Alleges That the Grammy Awards 'Have Become a Public Nuisance' and Are 'Committing Industrial Espionage'" Plus, the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Jun 08, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Federal Court Invalidates Trump's $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee as Ilegal Usurpation of Congress' Power to Tax The ruling relies in part on the Supreme Court's decision in the tariff case.
Jun 08, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy What Judge Wood Did Not Say About Judge Ross's Misconduct She says nothing about Judge Ross's dishonesty, nothing about the private reprimand, and nothing about Pauline Newman.
Jun 08, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy The Pentagon's New War - Canceling American Religion and American History A guest post by Prof. Paul Finkelman.
Jun 08, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Gordon Wood, RIP The great historian of the American Founding passed away yesterday, killed by a car while walking.
Jun 08, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Stop Calling it an Immunity! There's No Immunity! It's all a figment of Todd Blanche's imagination.
Jun 08, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual Trainpunks: Kickstarter ab Februar 2027 Freunde von mir bereiten die Veröffentlichung eines Eldritch-Horror-U-Bahn-Punk-Spiels vor.
Jun 08, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Government May Not "Demand Divorce as a Precondition for Maintaining Parental Rights" From Texas Supreme Court Justice Evan Young's majority opinion Friday in In the Interest of H.S.: Few principles in our… The post Government May Not "Demand Divorce as a Precondition for Maintainin...
