Apr 30, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Today in Supreme Court History: April 30, 1789 4/30/1789: President Washington's inauguration. He would appoint eleven members to the Supreme Court: Chief Justices Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth, and… The post Today in Supreme Court History: Apri...
Apr 30, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Edited Version of Louisiana v. Callais For the 2026 Barnett/Blackman supplement.
Apr 29, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Free Speech Unmuted: "Defamacast" and More: How American Defamation Law Works Jane and I lay out the structure of American defamation law, using the recent lawsuits brought by FBI Director Kash Patel as a launching point. Special bonus: Almost no discussion of New York Times...
Apr 29, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Journal of Free Speech Law: "A New Frontier for an International Right with No Frontiers: Freedom of Expression & Generative AI Outputs," by Evelyn Mary Aswad The article is here; the Introduction: In recent years, a lively scholarly discourse has emerged about whether and how the… The post Journal of Free Speech Law: "A New Frontier for an International...
Apr 29, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Solicitor General Asks Supreme Court to Eighty-Six Energy Conservation Rule The Trump Administration is refusing to defend a D.C. Circuit decision upholding a flawed energy conservation ruie.
Apr 29, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Unanimous Supreme Court Affirms Standing to Challenge Subpoena for Info on Financial Supporters The Court dispatches with an easy case the lower courts should have gotten right.
Apr 29, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy "Making Negative Statements" About People to Their Employers = Criminal Harassment "[S]tatements made to third parties can be 'directed at' the victim," and thus criminal harassment if they're repeated and likely to cause serious annoyance or distress, "when they are designed to ...
Apr 29, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Today in Supreme Court History: April 29, 1745 4/29/1745: Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth was born. The post Today in Supreme Court History: April 29, 1745 appeared first on Reason.com.
Apr 28, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Trump's Shameful Effort to Deport Russian Dissenters Fleeing Putin The administration seeks to deport them back to Russia, in spite of overwhelming, moral, legal, and strategic reasons not to do so.
Apr 28, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Analyzing Indictment of James Comey for "86 47" Post From today's indictment: On or about May 15, 2025, in the Eastern District of North Carolina, the defendant, JAMES BRIEN… The post Analyzing Indictment of James Comey for "86 47" Post appeared firs...
Apr 28, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual Käsekuchenkarte Vom Käsekuchen zur Weltkarte in fünf Schritten.
Apr 28, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Rethinking Conservative Approaches to Executive Power Conservative legal commentator Gregg Nunziata outlines reasons why conservatives should reject broad views of executive power.
Apr 28, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy The Origins and Influence of Zero-Sum Thinking A new study highlights the power of zero-sum thinking as a determinant of political views - and also should lead some to rethink immigration.
Apr 28, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy "Gossip," "Abusive Language," and "Soft Beta Males" in Public Comments at School Board Meetings Blanchard v. Augusta Bd. of Ed., decided yesterday by Judge Stacey Neumann (D. Me.), held that the First Amendment was… The post "Gossip," "Abusive Language," and "Soft Beta Males" in Public Commen...
Apr 28, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy D.C. Circuit Lets Pentagon Require That Journalists Be Escorted While in Pentagon The panel (by a 2-1 vote) stayed a district court order that, among other things, blocked the newly established escort requirement.
Apr 28, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Apparent Surge in Self-Represented Litigation Using AI From Anand V. Shah & Joshua Y. Levy, Access to Justice in the Age of AI: Evidence from U.S. Federal Courts… The post Apparent Surge in Self-Represented Litigation Using AI appeared first on Reason....
Apr 28, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Published Article: A Historical Record Of Special Counsels Before Watergate "This Article presents a corpus of primary sources that were written by presidents, attorneys general, United States attorneys, special counsels, and others between the 1850s and the 1950s."
