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26 Oct 2018, 8:47 am by Eugene Volokh
That's part of a broader doctrine under which European countries are still allowed to punish blasphemy.The case, decided yesterday by the European Court of Human Rights, is E.S. v. [read post]
28 Dec 2017, 12:36 pm by Eugene Volokh
Agence France Press reports: Bangladesh police arrested a 25-year-old social media activist [Asaduzzaman Noor, known as Asad Noor] as he tried to leave the country on charges that he defamed Islam and the Prophet Mohammed, authorities said Tuesday.... 'The charge against him is that he hurt religious feeling by mocking Prophet Mohammed and made bad comments against Islam, the prophet and the Koran on Facebook and YouTube,' [Inspector Mohammad Shahidullah] said. [read post]
10 Oct 2018, 4:26 pm by Eugene Volokh
An interesting dissent from denial of review by Texas's high court for criminal cases.From today's opinion in Ogle v. [read post]
22 Dec 2017, 11:40 am by Eugene Volokh
People sometimes berate us for departures from self-professed libertarianism -- not just that we're not being libertarian, but more, "How can you call yourselves libertarian if you say [X]? [read post]
22 Jan 2018, 8:00 am by Eugene Volokh
My post about how the word "right" in American legal usage often includes the entitlements of government as well as of individuals drew this comment: "But as a matter of American legal language... [read post]
1 Jun 2023, 10:56 am by Eugene Volokh
This article (which I serialized several months ago) is now out in the NYU Journal of Law & Liberty. [read post]
28 Apr 2018, 9:06 am by Eugene Volokh
A spam scam message I just got: Congratulation you have been chosen among the ten lucky people given the great chance of becoming rich and famous be becoming a member of the Great Illuminati for details kindly contact person-------->>>> (AT) [e-mail address] This is big. [read post]
13 Dec 2017, 6:00 am by Eugene Volokh
As you can see, we've moved from the Washington Post, where we've blogged since early 2014, to Reason. [read post]
24 Sep 2024, 5:49 am by Eugene Volokh
Last Wednesday's decision by Chief Judge Thomas Kleeh (N.D. [read post]
7 Apr 2018, 12:24 pm by Eugene Volokh
If you're putting a whole sentence in parentheses, the custom follows logic -- put the period inside the parentheses, not outside it. [read post]
18 Nov 2018, 7:12 pm by Eugene Volokh
I'd love to have people's comments this week, since I owe the journal a final draft Saturday the 24th.You can see a draft here, but here's the Introduction: Speech compulsions, the Court has often held, are as constitutionally suspect as are speech restrictions: "[T]he First Amendment guarantees 'freedom of speech,' a term necessarily comprising the decision of both what to say and what not to say. [read post]
17 Aug 2018, 7:45 am by Eugene Volokh
Even if permanent injunctions against speech that has been found to be libelous are constitutional, preliminary orders based on a mere finding that the speech is likely libelous -- or just might be libelous -- are generally unconstitutional.American courts have, in recent decades, debated whether they can issue permanent injunctions against libel. [read post]
8 Mar 2018, 9:21 am by Eugene Volokh
From a federal district court opinion I was just reading, The Court strongly disfavors footnoted legal citations. [read post]
14 Apr 2025, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh
From an April 1 Justice Department press release: Today, a Federal Judge accepted a guilty plea to destruction of records in a federal investigation from a former employee of a contractor that provided operation and maintenance services to the U.S. [read post]