Posts tagged "politics"

Apr 23, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Open Thread

What’s on your mind?

Apr 23, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

UCLA Students Protest FedSoc Event With DHS General Counsel James Percival

"Why'd you invite Nazis? Jew to Jew, Shame on You."

Apr 23, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

"Sotomayor Drops The Ball on Obamacare" And The Shadow Docket

A flashback to New Year's Eve 2013 in Chapter 15 of "Unraveled."

Apr 22, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Injunction Against Publicly Identifying Pseudonymous Litigants Is Content-Based Prior Restraint,

and thus presumptively a First Amendment violation (though here the presumption was rebutted by national security interests).

Apr 22, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Fourth Circuit Upholds Injunction Against Disclosing Names of Perceived Afghan Collaborators

The order came in a peculiar context—a civil lawsuit over the custody of a child born in Afghanistan—but its logic extends further.

Apr 22, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Laura Loomer Loses Defamation Suit Against Bill Maher Over "Who's Trump Fucking? … Might Be Laura Loomer" Lines

From today's decision by Judge James S. Moody, Jr. (M.D. Fla.) in Loomer v. Maher: Plaintiff Laura Loomer is a… The post Laura Loomer Loses Defamation Suit Against Bill Maher Over "Who's Trump Fuck...

Apr 22, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual

Vorratsdatenspeicherung III

Die Bundesregierung hat einen Gesetztesentwurf zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung beschlossen. Here we go again.

Apr 22, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Stephanie Barclay on "The Emergency Docket's Mistaken Birthday"

Contrary to what some believe, the Clean Power Plan was not the first executive branch action stopped on the "Shadow Docket."

Apr 22, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Justice Thomas Assigns Himself A Majority Opinion

The preemption case may affect the Roundup argument next week.

Apr 22, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Reading the Clean Power Plan "Shadow Papers" in Context

More of what's been absent from discussions of the recently released Supreme Court memoranda, with commentary by Davis and Re.

Apr 22, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

The Awful Virginia Redistricting Referendum

The referendum language gave voters no indication of what they were voting for

Apr 22, 2026 from Palladium

The Lifecycle of an Apocalypse

Since World War I, our society has been convinced that civilization is on the brink of technological apocalypse. The specific technology changes, but the underlying belief has stayed the same. The ...

Apr 22, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Southern Poverty Law Center Indictment

You can read it here; here's the opening paragraph plus another paragraph, though the indictment offers considerably more details as… The post Southern Poverty Law Center Indictment appeared first ...

Apr 22, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Sixth Circuit Upholds Federal Law Banning Home Alcohol Distilleries, Creating a Circuit Split

The decision is at odds with a recent ruling by the Fifth Circuit.

Apr 22, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Second Circuit Upholds Decision Denying Pseudonymity for Law Doctorate Student With Psychiatric Conditions

From Monday's decision in Doe v. Yale Univ., by Dennis Jacobs, Richard C. Wesley, and Michael H. Park: Plaintiff Jane… The post Second Circuit Upholds Decision Denying Pseudonymity for Law Doctorat...

Apr 22, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Indiana Ban on "Instruction" "on Human Sexuality" in Pre-K to Third Grade Upheld by Seventh Circuit

From Smiley v. Jenner, decided yesterday by Seventh Circuit Judge Michael Scudder, joined by Judges Candace Jackson-Akiwumi and Doris Pryor:… The post Indiana Ban on "Instruction" "on Human Sexuali...

Apr 22, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Today in Supreme Court History: April 22, 1992

4/22/1992: Planned Parenthood v. Casey argued. The post Today in Supreme Court History: April 22, 1992 appeared first on Reason.com.

Apr 22, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Open Thread

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Apr 21, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

FBI Director Kash Patel Loses Defamation Lawsuit Over Morning Joe Statements

The wild things are in the nightclubs.

Apr 21, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

AI Hallucinations in Filing by a Top Law Firm

Remember: It could happen at your firm, too.