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17 May 2011, 4:09 am by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) Two interesting-seeming panels at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Schools, January 4–8, 2012, one on American citizenship and one on Article V. [read post]
4 Jun 2012, 12:46 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) As I noted last October, “Amina Farah Ali, on trial in federal court for ‘allegedly funneling money to a terrorist group in Somalia’ (AP), [was] found in contempt of court for refusing to stand for the judge and jury. [read post]
2 Sep 2011, 10:18 am by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) Oklahoma Judicial Ethics Advisory Panel opinion 2011–3 (handed down July 6, but just recently reported in the Westlaw Bulletin database) discusses the disagreement on this, and answers the question “no”:¶1 Questions: 1. [read post]
8 Aug 2012, 10:35 am by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) The Colorado shooting has led to renewed calls to ban or otherwise restrict access to large-capacity magazines (see, for instance, Elliot Spitzer’s proposal, though that one is likely to be ineffectual). [read post]
3 May 2010, 11:31 am by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) I much appreciated Orin’s post about the value of caution, judgment, and tact in dealing with certain questions. [read post]
6 Jun 2011, 2:46 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) I’ve often blogged about whether there is (1) a general First Amendment exception for knowingly false statements of fact (though perhaps with some exceptions to the exception), or (2) a bunch of specific First Amendment exceptions, for fraud, defamation, perjury, highly offensive but nondefamatory factual statements about particular people (the “false light” tort), and also presumably trade libel, false statements to investigating officials, and so… [read post]
18 Jun 2012, 9:01 am by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) Occasionally, I hear people arguing that judges’ decisions are strongly influenced by their sex, race, and so on — “of course, this female judge will rule against the accused rapist / pornographer / sexual harasser / etc.; she’s a woman. [read post]
17 May 2012, 8:12 am by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) Arizona Categorically Bans Consideration of a Person’s Religiously Motivated Acts in Government Appointments The just-enacted Ariz. [read post]
19 Apr 2012, 8:38 am by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) In his speech to the NRA, Mitt Romney said: Will Rogers famously said that he worried whenever Congress was in session. [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 8:50 am by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) Monday, Cory Doctorow (Boing Boing) reported:Back in July, I posted about the research on the academic advantage some people with autism exhibit. [read post]
29 Dec 2010, 3:55 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) “We hold that R.C. 9.68 [the preemption statute] is a general law that displaces municipal firearm ordinances and does not unconstitutionally infringe on municipal home rule authority. [read post]
30 Aug 2012, 3:32 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) “Counsel shall not charge petitioner, directly or indirectly, for the attorney’s fees and costs associated with this petition. [read post]
4 Sep 2012, 9:29 am by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) Below, I asked a subset of our religious readers a question that I think many irreligious readers might want to know the answer to. [read post]
23 Oct 2011, 4:21 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) That’s what seems to be one effect of the newly enacted California Reader Privacy Act. [read post]
26 May 2011, 1:43 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) I’ve heard some people argue that the proposed circumcision bans (one of which is now on the ballot in San Francisco) is motivated by hostility to Jews. [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 2:28 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) I often hear people — usually conservatives — argue generally against a supposed shift from “moral absolutism” to “moral relativism. [read post]