Posts tagged "politics"

Mar 04, 2026 from The Jaxson

Register for State of the South: Jacksonville

We’re just two weeks out from State of the South: Jacksonville - sign up now before registration closes at the end of this week! - MDC and LISC Jacksonville are partnering to host a convening March...

Mar 04, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Justice Kagan's Bad Ayahuasca Trip

Because this hallucinogen can also be used for a religious ritual, there is a very difficult question about how federal gun law would apply.

Mar 04, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Substantive Due Process After Mirabelli

Dobbs didn't end SDP, but instead reoriented it to the Glucksberg history and tradition test.

Mar 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Equal Protection Clause Challenge to Single-Sex Public School Classes Can Go Forward

Plus, some allegations of some unusual teacher behavior in the boys' class.

Mar 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Mirabelli Offers a Beautiful Vision of the Emergency Docket

Justices Barrett and Kavanaugh, as well as the Chief Justice, are on the same page.

Mar 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Confusion about Commandeering

Whether the issue is immigration enforcement or environmental law, states are not obligated to enforce federal laws.

Mar 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

SCOTUS Saves Staten Island

Will Callais come tomorrow?

Mar 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

$10M Award to Idaho Prof Accused of Murder Based on Defendant's "Psychic Intuition"

For more on the backstory, see these posts; an excerpt from one: This case arises out of the tragic murder… The post $10M Award to Idaho Prof Accused of Murder Based on Defendant's "Psychic Intuiti...

Mar 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Faculty-Run Independent Law Journal Looking for Editors (Law Clerks, SJD Students, Fellows, or Junior Professors)

The Independent Law Journal is a new faculty-led legal journal aimed at helping reform academic legal publishing and promoting ideological… The post Faculty-Run Independent Law Journal Looking for ...

Mar 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

The "Unitary Executive" Theory's Contribution to the Deformation of the Constitution

The "three buckets" picture of the federal government, in combination with the unitary executive thesis, gives extravagant power to the President.

Mar 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Today in Supreme Court History: March 3, 2019

3/3/2019: Schenck v. United States decided.   The post Today in Supreme Court History: March 3, 2019 appeared first on Reason.com.

Mar 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Open Thread

What’s on your mind?

Mar 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Counting The Votes In Mirabelli v. Bonta

We only know how Justice Gorsuch voted because Justice Kagan told us he was in the majority.

Mar 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

The Supreme Court's Emergency Docket Meets The Inferior Courts' Emergency Dockets

Why should the Supreme Court defer to the emergency docket of lower courts?

Mar 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Second Amendment Roundup: Oral Argument in Hemani

Testing whether an unlawful user of marijuana forfeits the right to have arms.

Mar 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Slavery and Birthright Citizenship

All the Trump Administration's arguments for denying birthright ctizenship to children of undocumented immigrants are at odds with the main purpose of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amend...

Mar 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Parental Rights Not to Have School Hide Child's Social Gender Transition / Parental Rights to Provide Child with Surgical or Hormonal Gender Transition

Today's unsigned majority opinion in Mirabelli v. Bonta held that California policies that "prevent schools from telling them about their… The post Parental Rights Not to Have School Hide Child's S...

Mar 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Justices Debate Substantive Due Process Again, This Time in Parental Rights / Gender Transition Concealment Case

Today's unsigned majority opinion in Mirabelli v. Bonta held that California policies that "prevent schools from telling them about their… The post Justices Debate Substantive Due Process Again, Th...

Mar 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Justices Debate Emergency Docket in Parental Rights / Gender Transition Concealment Case

Today's opinion in Mirabelli v. Bonta involved, on the merits, California policies that "prevent schools from telling them about their… The post Justices Debate Emergency Docket in Parental Rights ...

Mar 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

S. Ct. Reinstates Trial Court Injunction Blocking Cal. Policy Limiting Schools' Disclosure to Parents of Student's Changed Gender Identity

From today's opinion in Mirabelli v. Bonta: [Plaintiff] parents object that [California] policies prevent schools from telling them about their… The post S. Ct. Reinstates Trial Court Injunction Bl...