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17 May 2011, 6:08 pm
(Eugene Volokh) My favorite social gatherings have always been ones where about 8 to 12 people sit down around a table. [read post]
9 Nov 2011, 11:55 am
(Eugene Volokh) The Spokane Transit Authority just apologized for the incident; I quote the Spokane Spokesman-Tribune article:Two women in their 20s and a teenage boy were talking among themselves about a friend’s sexual orientation during a bus ride on Oct. [read post]
13 Apr 2011, 1:35 pm
(Eugene Volokh) From In re Damian R. [read post]
22 Feb 2011, 8:21 am
(Eugene Volokh) I ran across this passage (in a generally very well-done brief), which inadvertently highlights an issue that legal writers — students, lawyers, academics, and judges — should keep in mind:Justice Story likewise explained in his noted Commentaries that any law dispensing with the requirement that jurors “must unanimously concur in the guilt of the accused before a legal conviction can be had ..., may be considered unconstitutional. [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 8:33 am
(Eugene Volokh) A commenter on the thread about the 1901 case in which the court rejected (on statutory grounds) a prosecution for expelling someone from church based on how he voted writes: It goes almost without saying that religious freedom was not at issue in this case because the First Amendment would not be incorporated against the states until Gitlow v. [read post]
7 Jul 2010, 3:53 pm
(Eugene Volokh) The Washington Post reports on the post–Citizens United spending: So far this year, $24.7 million in independent spending has been reported to the Federal Election Commission, campaign filings show. [read post]
13 Jul 2011, 2:32 pm
(Eugene Volokh) Habush v. [read post]
6 Jul 2010, 8:55 pm
(Eugene Volokh) One judge rescinded the order, which he apparently signed without realizing that it covered the newspapers (it also covered various government agencies); but the other judge has not, though I hope he will shortly. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 10:41 pm
(Eugene Volokh) An interesting National Law Journal op-ed from Clark Neily and Paul Sherman of the Institute for Justice, about a case of theirs, Locke v. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 8:26 am
(Eugene Volokh) So the Supreme Court unanimously held today in NASA v. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 9:09 pm
(Eugene Volokh) ChristianNewsToday reports that there were many more attacks — “At least one Christian was killed and others injured when thousands of Islamic extremists set fire to 59 churches and at least 28 homes in western Ethiopia in the past five days, Christian leaders said,” with “More than 4,000 Christians ... displaced as a result of attacks that began on Wednesday (March 2) after Muslims accused a Christian of desecrating the Quran by tearing up a… [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 1:10 pm
(Eugene Volokh) Some have argued that a religious exemption analysis in work-related cases might differ depending on whether (1) the job requirements changed in a way that violated the employee’s felt religious obligations or (2) the employee’s religious beliefs changed in a way that started to conflict with the existing job requirements. [read post]
22 Aug 2012, 2:19 pm
(Eugene Volokh) Yesterday over dinner, a doctor related a story of a friend who was on an airplane when another passenger fell ill. [read post]
24 May 2010, 3:26 pm
(Eugene Volokh) As I read 18 U.S.C. [read post]
5 Aug 2010, 7:59 am
(Eugene Volokh) The most interesting politico-legal question raised by Judge Walker’s same-sex marriage decision, I think, is whether it will provoke a new — and perhaps narrower — round of Federal Marriage Amendment activity. [read post]
20 May 2010, 10:06 am
(Eugene Volokh) What should the law do about manufacturers or distributors of “dual-use” goods or services, which can be used both in harmful and legitimate ways by end users? [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 12:13 pm
(Eugene Volokh) The AP-National Constitution Center poll, conducted August 18 to August 22 of this year, asked respondents whether they are “extremely confident, very confident, somewhat confident, not too confident, or not confident at all in the people who are running” that institution. [read post]
26 Oct 2010, 11:35 am
(Eugene Volokh) Here’s what the proposed rules say, in relevant part: § 3–03 Grounds for Denial of Permit. [read post]
13 Jan 2011, 11:27 am
(Eugene Volokh) Here are the views that it is a crime in Denmark to express (according to Danish Free Press Society and IceNews):Of course Lars Hedegaard shouldn’t have said that there are Muslim fathers who rape their daughters when the truth instead seems to be that they make do with killing daughters (so-called honour killings) –- and moreover turn a blind eye to rapes by uncles.According to Langballe, Danish law does not allow truth as a defense; it simply provides,… [read post]
27 Apr 2012, 1:35 pm
(Eugene Volokh) From a Quinnipiac poll, conducted April 11 to April 17: 47. [read post]
