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17 Mar 2011, 3:16 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) Apparently, Massachusetts citizens can introduce bills, even without a legislator’s sponsorship. [read post]
7 May 2012, 5:06 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) Minnesota law defines “harassment” to include, repeated incidents of intrusive or unwanted acts, words, or gestures that have a substantial adverse effect or are intended to have a substantial adverse effect on the safety, security, or privacy of another, regardless of the relationship between the actor and the intended target. [read post]
2 Sep 2011, 12:28 pm by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) As co-blogger Eugene Volokh notes, the Oklahoma Judicial Ethics Advisory Panel recently issued an opinion holding that it is unethical for judges to be Facebook “friends” with lawyers who appear before them. [read post]
14 May 2010, 7:56 am by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) Whenever a Supreme Court confirmation hearing approaches, this quote from Abraham Lincoln tends to come up (e.g., here): We cannot ask a man what he will do, and if we should, and he should answer us, we should despise him for it. [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 4:02 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) That’s part of the Louisville Human Relations Commission complaint filed by the Lexington Fair Housing Council (a local nonprofit) last year against Teen Challenge; the nonprofit also alleged that Teen Challenge discriminates based on sexual orientation in housing. [read post]
30 Dec 2011, 2:27 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) My wife and I are organizing a local spelling bee, and watching our children learn spelling; the process made me think of how children can practice their spelling quickly online. [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 3:55 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) I share David Kopel’s disapproval of Mercedes-Benz’s use of Che Guevara in its promotional activities. [read post]
25 Jul 2011, 9:55 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) That’s the title of an article in The New Republic. [read post]
30 Jul 2012, 2:55 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) I’m on a family trip, and will be blogging little if at all this week; but I had a chance to look at a New York Times op-ed titled “Is Algebra Necessary? [read post]
18 Aug 2010, 4:02 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) Stanford law professor (and former judge) Michael McConnell, who represented the Christian Legal Society before the Supreme Court in Christian Legal Society v. [read post]
22 Jun 2010, 8:52 am by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) I have a near-final version of this article — forthcoming in a few weeks in the Cardozo Law Review de novo online supplement — available at SSRN. [read post]
10 Sep 2012, 10:27 am by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) The Association of American Law Schools Committee on Research (which I’m on) is considering putting on an AALS panel on (1) how we law professors can advance student scholarship and (related but separately) (2) how we can advance joint faculty-student scholarship. [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 4:46 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) The mosque had aroused a great deal of public opposition; the county planning authorities nonetheless granted the necessary building permits; but a state court ruled that the county hadn’t given sufficient notice to the public about its meetings, given the heightened public interest in the mosque. [read post]
6 May 2008, 4:23 pm
John McCain announced his "Justice Advisory Committee" today and the list (.pdf) is littered with conservative leading legal lights, from Gibson Dunn's Ted Olson to erstwhile presidential hopeful Fred Thompson to UCLA law prof Eugene Volokh of the popular Volokh Conspiracy blog. [read post]
10 Jun 2010, 10:21 am by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) From Time: The Freedom Party, taking part in only its second national election since being founded by Wilders in 2005, secured 16% of the vote, jumping from 9 to 24 seats. [read post]