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16 Dec 2011, 7:29 pm
(Ilya Somin) The Chronicle of Higher Education has a summary of an interesting recent study that uses an experiment conducted on fish to try to claim that there are underappreciated benefits to political ignorance [HT: VC reader John Perkins]: A team of researchers led by a Princeton University biologist has now studied that question and concluded that without all our know-nothing fellow citizens, things might be even worse. [read post]
18 Apr 2011, 2:30 pm
(Ilya Somin) The Wall Street Journal website has an interesting summary of a recent study tracing the decline of the anti-war movement over the last few years, despite the deepening involvement of the United States in multiple wars:President Obama inherited two wars, neither of which has ended—and the United States is now involved in military action in Libya—yet the anti-war movement has all but vanished. [read post]
11 Jun 2010, 11:03 am
(Ilya Somin) This month, as two years ago, we have an interesting coincidence of a Celtics-Lakers NBA finals and a major international soccer tournament. [read post]
2 Dec 2011, 5:57 pm
(Ilya Somin) George Will recently published an interesting column on Fisher v. [read post]
8 Feb 2012, 1:56 pm
(Ilya Somin) Conservative columnist Jeff Jacoby has a good article today on the somewhat overwrought criticism of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for saying, in Cairo, that the US Constitution is not a good model for other countries in 2012. [read post]
8 May 2010, 12:19 am
(Ilya Somin) Rich Lowry, Jonah Goldberg, and other defenders of the recent Arizona immigration law often justify it by arguing that it does nothing more than use state law enforcement agencies to enforce a federal law. [read post]
11 Oct 2010, 12:54 am
(Ilya Somin) France’s Constitutional Council recently upheld the constitutionality of a law banning the wearing of veils in public places. [read post]
3 Oct 2024, 2:14 pm
" Ilya Somin, "A Lost Opportunity to Protect Democracy Against Itself: What the Supreme Court Got Wrong in Trump v. [read post]
29 Jun 2010, 7:42 pm
Ilya Somin of the Volokh Conspiracy suggests that McDonald v. [read post]
30 Jun 2008, 10:13 am
Over at the Volokh Conspiracy blog, Ilya Somin has an interesting response to my posts here on the Supreme Court's decision last week holding unconstitutional the so-called "Millionaire's Amendment" to the nation's campaign-finance laws. [read post]
20 Aug 2011, 12:27 pm
(Ilya Somin) Liberal Pittsburgh political blogger “Davyoe” complains that the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review misleadingly portrayed me as a “politically neutral” expert when they interviewed me about the recent individual mandate decision a few days ago. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 11:22 pm
(Ilya Somin) Joshua Thompson of the Pacific Legal Foundation has an interesting response to my post arguing that a victory for the plaintiffs in the Fisher v. [read post]
15 Feb 2011, 6:27 am
The last few days have seen some fascinating discussion worth reading about the relationship between tort reform and federalism: William Jacobson, Stephen Bainbridge (citing a 2004 Volokh analysis), Ilya Somin @ Volokh. [read post]
29 Jul 2009, 6:03 pm
My colleague Ilya Somin insightfully defends against allegations of the death of Moneyball in baseball and legal academia — largely making the point that larger institutions with larger payrolls imitating the successful elements of the strategy. [read post]
9 Oct 2011, 7:30 am
(Ilya Somin) The House Judiciary Committee recently passed a bill that would make it a crime for Americans to plan or even discuss any activities abroad that would violate federal drug laws if they occurred in the US — even if the acts in question are completely legal in the countries where they actually take place. [read post]
3 Jan 2012, 1:57 pm
(Ilya Somin) A couple weeks ago, I criticized a CNN article that stated that North Koreans “revere” recently deceased communist dictator Kim Jong Il, without noting that those who fail to show officially mandated reverence for the “Dear Leader” are likely to face severe sanctions from the government. [read post]
17 Oct 2010, 9:24 pm
(Ilya Somin) Various commenters on my recent post about Peter Jackson’s upcoming movie version of The Hobbit lament the fact that it is impossible to make a movie based Tolkien’s Silmarillion, the book that describes the history leading up to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. [read post]
2 Dec 2010, 11:48 pm
(Ilya Somin) In his most recent post in our exchange about the individual mandate and the Commerce Clause, Orin distinguishes between a conception under which Congress’ commerce power is “not unlimited” and one where it is “significantly limited. [read post]
22 Feb 2011, 1:32 am
(Ilya Somin) New York Yankees co-owner Hank Steinbrenner recently denounced Major League Baseball’s revenue-sharing system, calling it “socialism”:Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner [the other co-owner/co-chairman is Hank’s brother Hal] says baseball’s revenue sharing and luxury tax programs need changes..... [read post]
14 Feb 2012, 7:03 pm
(Ilya Somin) Co-blogger Eugene Volokh links to the Free to Choose Foundation’s “What Milton Friedman Means to Me” video competition. [read post]
