Posts tagged "politics"

Apr 01, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

On the Original Legal Meaning of "Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof"

The allegiance reading has no basis in the historical usage of this language in American law

Apr 01, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Open Thread

What’s on your mind?

Apr 01, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Justice Alito: "Just out of curiosity, do you think we should ask Claude to decide this case?"

I suspect many lawyers use AI, but now they will be even more hesitant to admit it.

Apr 01, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Judge Leon Blocked The East Wing Ballroom Based on Offended Observer Standing

After Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a claim for a purely "aesthetic injury" should fail.

Mar 31, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

"There Is Evidence That This Particular Proceeding Before the Beijing Court Was Dominated by the" Chinese Communist Party,

holds a federal court in declining to enforce the Beijing judgment, and in therefore concluding that Stanford holds title to documents donated to the Hoover Institution by a Chinese Mao-era dissident.

Mar 31, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

"Rising Wave of Antisemitism" Doesn't Justify Letting Jewish Plaintiff Sue Pseudonymolusly

From Doe v. Life Time, Inc., decided today (correctly, I think) by Judge Dora Irizarry (E.D.N.Y.): The Complaint alleges that… The post "Rising Wave of Antisemitism" Doesn't Justify Letting Jewish ...

Mar 31, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

A Fifth Circuit Bait-and-Switch to Ignore Crime Victims' Rights

In 2023 the Fifth Circuit denied the victims' families challenge to the illegally negotiated Boeing DPA as being "premature"--but today the Circuit denied the families' challenge as coming too late.

Mar 31, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Justice Jackson's Dissent, on Why Viewpoint-Based Restrictions on Professional-Client Speech May Be Permissible

A short excerpt from Justice Jackson's long solo dissent today in Chiles v. Salazar, where she argued that the Colorado… The post Justice Jackson's Dissent, on Why Viewpoint-Based Restrictions on P...

Mar 31, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Was CASA Really Worth It?

The executive branch sacrificed its power to the Supreme Court, yet gained virtually nothing.

Mar 31, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

What Took So Long In Chiles?

The 8-1 case was argued on October 7, and decided on March 31.

Mar 31, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual

Alltagsmenschen

In Witten stehen „Alltagsmenschen“-Plastiken: Betongiguren von alltäglichen Menschen.

Mar 31, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Justice Kagan's Arguments for "Relax[ing] Our Guard" as to Some Content-Based (But Viewpoint-Neutral) Speech Restrictions

From Justice Kagan's concurrence, joined by Justice Sotomayor, in today's Chiles v. Salazar: [A.] The Court today decides that the… The post Justice Kagan's Arguments for "Relax[ing] Our Guard" as ...

Mar 31, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Conversion Therapy Bans, as Applied to Talk Therapy, Regulate Speech and Not Just Conduct

Justice Gorsuch's opinion for a nearly unanimous Court today in Chiles v. Salazar (only Justice Jackson dissented) struck down Colorado's… The post Conversion Therapy Bans, as Applied to Talk Thera...

Mar 31, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

No First Amendment Exception for Professional-Client Speech: States Can't Ban "Conversion Therapy" Speech for Minors

So the Supreme Court held today.

Mar 31, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

New Book Chapter on "The Right to Use Private Property"

It argues that the right to use property is central to both the value of property rights generally, and the property rights protected by the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

Mar 31, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Seattle University "Dean's Luminaries in Law" Interview on Immigration, Invasion, the Tariff Case, and More

I was interviewed by Seattle University Law School of Law Dean Tony Varona and Prof. Andrew Siegeil.

Mar 31, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Today in Supreme Court History: March 31, 1962

3/31/1962: Justice Charles Whittaker resigns. The post Today in Supreme Court History: March 31, 1962 appeared first on Reason.com.

Mar 31, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual

Skådis

Ich möchte eigentlich keine Werbung machen, aber das Skådis-System von Ikea gefällt mir.

Mar 31, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Open Thread

What’s on your mind?

Mar 31, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

"What Does It Mean To Be A Christian On The Bench?"

"A Conversation with Matthew J. Kacsmaryk and James C. Ho"