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21 Jun 2010, 9:38 am
(Eugene Volokh) The Supreme Court has long distinguished content-based speech restrictions, which are almost never upheld (when they’re imposed by the government as sovereign rather as proprietor, and deal with speech outside the established First Amendment exceptions), from content-neutral speech restrictions, which will often be upheld if they leave open ample alternative channels for communication. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 2:51 pm
(Eugene Volokh) That’s the result of Mussa v. [read post]
21 Apr 2010, 5:02 pm
(Eugene Volokh) A very interesting case, which was to my knowledge not reported in any print reporter, but which was covered in the Litchfield Monitor, Sept. 8, 1802, at 3 (some paragraph breaks added): At the Superior Court, which sat in this Town and rose last week, Maj. [read post]
30 Dec 2011, 2:31 pm
(Eugene Volokh) So reports OnIslam.net: Bowing to protests pressures, the Maldives has ordered hundreds of luxury hotels to close their spas, a decision expected to affect tourism industry which forms a vital foreign exchange source for the Indian Ocean country. [read post]
13 Mar 2012, 10:46 am
(Eugene Volokh) From a CNN op-ed by Fonda, Steinem, and Robin Morgan: Ironically, the misogyny Rush Limbaugh spewed for three days over Sandra Fluke was not much worse than his regular broadcast of sexist, racist and homophobic hate speech …. [read post]
27 Jul 2011, 1:57 pm
(Eugene Volokh) The AP reports (thanks to reader “Herb Spencer” for the pointer):Rep. [read post]
9 May 2012, 12:21 pm
(Eugene Volokh) From an editorial in the Greene County Republican Committee newsletter: The ultimate task for the people is to remain vigilant and aware ~ that the government, their government is out of control, and this moment, this opportunity, must not be forsaken, must not escape us, for we shall not have any coarse but armed revolution should we fail with the power of the vote in November ~ This Republic cannot survive for 4 more years underneath this political socialist… [read post]
11 Oct 2011, 3:14 pm
(Ilya Somin) Like co-blogger Eugene Volokh, I read and liked Lev Grossman’s Magicians series. [read post]
31 Oct 2011, 11:59 am
(Eugene Volokh) So held the European Court of Human Rights in Altu? [read post]
17 Dec 2010, 2:03 pm
(Eugene Volokh) So the Ninth Circuit holds today in United States v. [read post]
12 Dec 2010, 3:38 pm
(Eugene Volokh) If you want a look at pure cultural defenses that do set up a separate legal rule for people who belong to a particular group, check out Rhode Island General Laws § 15–1-4: The provisions of §§ 15–1-1 – 15–1-3 shall not extend to, or in any way affect, any marriage which shall be solemnized among the Jewish people, within the degrees of affinity or consanguinity allowed by their religion. [read post]
1 Jun 2011, 3:25 pm
(Eugene Volokh) Check out this decision in Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities ex rel. [read post]
26 Dec 2011, 3:05 pm
(Eugene Volokh) As reported by the Maldivian newspaper Haveeru, “President Mohamed Nasheed yesterday called on citizens to reject religious extremism and continue to support the ‘traditional form’ of Islam that has been practiced in the Maldives for the past 800 years,” and in particular said, Should we ban music? [read post]
27 May 2011, 6:47 am
(Eugene Volokh) The Constitution provides that, “Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States: If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. [read post]
8 Aug 2012, 10:11 am
(Eugene Volokh) As I note below, Elliot Spitzer, writing in Slate, seems to want to make semiautomatics “[un]available to private purchasers. [read post]
6 May 2010, 4:24 pm
(Eugene Volokh) Maureen Downey (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) writes: This is one of those stories that turns into a cause celebre and riles up lots of folks. [read post]
4 Oct 2010, 4:10 pm
(Eugene Volokh) From Yates v. [read post]
10 Apr 2012, 9:17 am
(Eugene Volokh) From today’s Wyoming Supreme Court decision in Operation Save America v. [read post]
10 Oct 2010, 3:52 pm
(Eugene Volokh) Very unfortunate; the AP reports: A piece of artwork denounced as obscene by church members and allegedly ripped up by a Montana woman using a crowbar won’t be returned to display because of safety concerns, city officials said Thursday. [read post]
28 Mar 2012, 3:36 pm
(Eugene Volokh) Texas Penal Code § 21.15(b)(1) makes it a crime to photograph someone “without the person’s consent” and “with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person. [read post]
