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26 Feb 2011, 7:17 pm
(Eugene Volokh) Here’s the Virginia ACLU’s letter to the principal, as posted by WSLS-TV:We were concerned to hear that the administration of Floyd County High School had removed copies of the Ten Commandments from students’ lockers. [read post]
23 Jun 2011, 3:27 pm
(Eugene Volokh) Justice Breyer’s dissent today in Sorrell v. [read post]
21 Jul 2011, 12:34 pm
(Eugene Volokh) That’s what a new Los Angeles ordinance provides, in part. [read post]
1 Aug 2011, 2:02 pm
(Eugene Volokh) Politico reports:Vice President Joe Biden joined House Democrats in lashing tea party Republicans Monday, accusing them of having “acted like terrorists” in the fight over raising the nation’s debt limit.Biden was agreeing with a line of argument made by Rep. [read post]
31 Jan 2012, 12:00 pm
(Eugene Volokh) The Daily Mail (UK) reports: Two British tourists were barred from entering America after joking on Twitter that they were going to ‘destroy America’ and ‘dig up Marilyn Monroe’. [read post]
12 Jun 2011, 2:43 pm
(Eugene Volokh) The Spokesman-Review reports:[A] Ganesha sculpture, created by Spokane metal artist Rick Davis, is one of 14 being dedicated today throughout downtown Coeur d’Alene as part of the city’s new “ArtCurrents,” a public art program. [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 4:46 pm
(Eugene Volokh) Here’s the text of the federal female genital mutilation ban, together with the factual findings:(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), whoever knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates the whole or any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of another person who has not attained the age of 18 years shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 2:30 pm
(Eugene Volokh) I’ve never been that fond of the standard American starches, steamed rice or mashed potatoes — except when they have so much tasty stuff mixed into them that either (1) they’re a good deal less healthy, or at least (2) more time-consuming to make. [read post]
26 Aug 2010, 2:58 pm
(Eugene Volokh) The normal way to indicate omitted text is using three dots (“. . . [read post]
30 Sep 2010, 3:02 pm
(Eugene Volokh) May a state give siblings — usually adult siblings — a right to visitation with a child, over the parents’ objection? [read post]
19 Oct 2010, 11:42 am
(Eugene Volokh) From Kuensel Online (“Bhutan’s daily news site”): Gelephu dungkhag court sentenced last week a 40-year old man to three years in prison for attempting to promote civil unrest. [read post]
14 Dec 2010, 11:27 am
(Eugene Volokh) I’ve just filed a reply brief in Herrera v. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 2:01 pm
(Eugene Volokh) Garrett Coyle asks this question:[Why is] the adjective form of U.S. state names ... [read post]
1 Oct 2010, 4:54 pm
(Eugene Volokh) The CDC WISQARS site, which I had long used for data on homicides and nonfatal injuries, has a cool new National Violent Death Reporting System page that lets you generate cause-of-death statistics in much more detail than I’d seen before (though unfortunately only for the 16 participating states). [read post]
26 Aug 2011, 3:39 pm
(Eugene Volokh) A commenter on the thread about the London Olympic Games’ initial decision to exclude shooting sports from its ticket giveaway to schoolchildren inadvertently makes the point I was getting at:Another post today I am missing the point of. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 9:41 am
(Eugene Volokh) “There shall be a silver haired city council to function as an advisory body to the city council on affairs concerning senior citizens of the city. [read post]
18 May 2010, 8:56 am
(Eugene Volokh) The Georgian Times (fortunately, that’s not our Georgia) reports that the Georgian Orthodox Patriarchate is calling for a law that would protect “religious feelings,” and arguing that “[f]reedom of speech doesn’t mean right to provoke discord and confrontation, abuse church, religious feelings and belittle state symbols. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 11:18 am
(Eugene Volokh) Prof. [read post]
22 Dec 2011, 11:50 am
(Eugene Volokh) [UPDATE: I originally misread the story and thought the law had been enacted; but, as a commenter pointed out, the bill just passed the National Assembly, and still requires consent by the Senate — I’ve revised the post accordingly.] [read post]
27 Mar 2012, 11:59 am
(Eugene Volokh) I’ve briefly mentioned the case on the blog — though I haven’t followed it in any detail — so I thought I’d note this development. [read post]
