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25 Apr 2011, 9:46 am
(Eugene Volokh) Ben Smith (Politico) reports on King & Spalding’s decision (which was explained by the Chairman of the firm as based on the conclusion that “the process used for vetting this engagement was inadequate”), and Josh Gerstein (Politico) reports on Paul Clement’s. [read post]
3 Feb 2011, 10:03 am
(Eugene Volokh) So argues Benjamin Wittes (Lawfare), and suggests that there’s a pattern (see his earlier posts here and here). [read post]
6 May 2010, 5:32 pm
(Eugene Volokh) Some of the comments to my post on why it’s not discourteous to wear American flag images on Cinco de Mayo seem to suggest there’s something discourteous about publicly expressing disagreement with some other group’s celebration, even in a public space. [read post]
12 Dec 2010, 9:40 am
(Eugene Volokh) Given the recent news story about father-adult daughter incest, I thought I’d ask a few questions about adult-adult incest (speaking specifically of parent-child, grandparent-grandchild, or brother-sister, and setting aside cousins and the like): (1) Should it be illegal, and, if so, exactly why? [read post]
26 May 2010, 9:25 am
(Eugene Volokh) For more about the essay (for an online symposium), see here; to read the full 9 pages, see here. [read post]
19 Dec 2011, 2:56 pm
(Eugene Volokh) From Minnesota/North Dakota Bricklayers Benefit Funds v. [read post]
6 Jun 2011, 1:47 pm
(Eugene Volokh) Some commenters to a recent post on teaching tort law suggest that “intentional torts” very rarely come up in most lawyers’ practice. [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 11:21 am
(Eugene Volokh) From the amicus brief for 48 states plus D.C. supporting Snyder in Snyder v. [read post]
18 Sep 2011, 7:53 am
(Ilya Somin) Co-bloggers Eugene Volokh and Jonathan Adler have made some powerful criticisms of the “Whole Constitution Pledge“put together by various liberal organizations. [read post]
9 May 2011, 12:35 pm
(Eugene Volokh) I’ve been making and eating this soup — one of my favorites — recently, and I thought I’d blog the recipe.Serves 6 to 8, depending on what size bowls you decide to ladle out.Ingredients: 2 lbs. persian cucumber. 1 1/2 to 2 cups chopped onion (the prechopped onion available in stores is fine). 1 tsp. garlic. 1 or 2 vegetable boullion cubes, or equivalent powder or paste. 4 tbsp. oil or butter. 1 bunch green onions. [read post]
27 Apr 2012, 10:53 am
(Eugene Volokh) AllahPundit (Hot Air), Andrew Sullivan, and Dan Murphy (Christian Science Monitor) question whether a bill allowing people to have sex with their dead spouses (for up to six hours after the death) was indeed proposed in the Egyptian Parliament. [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 2:31 pm
(Eugene Volokh) State v. [read post]
15 Jul 2011, 4:37 pm
(Eugene Volokh) I’m delighted to report that Prof. [read post]
7 Mar 2012, 1:28 pm
(Eugene Volokh) When states have (or had) discretionary gun carrying license system, they have often provided that people who engage in “business activities that involve heightened risk, such as the need to carry cash or other ‘street valued’ commodities” should generally get licenses. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 9:19 pm
(Eugene Volokh) A commenter on the Adoption of Muslim Children thread, apparently reacting to the AP article statement that “State child welfare agencies that permanently remove Muslim children from troubled homes usually can’t find Muslim families to adopt them because of the restrictions in Islamic law,” asks: Could someone please clarify which U.S. law identifies an orphaned child of Muslim parents as a Muslim? [read post]
17 Aug 2012, 12:36 pm
(Eugene Volokh) The Washington Post reports: Russian authorities sentenced three feminist punk rockers to two years in prison Friday [on charges of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred] .... [read post]
The Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause and Life Without Parole for Under-18 (Nonhomicide) Offenders
18 May 2010, 12:53 pm
(Eugene Volokh) Justice Thomas’s dissent in yesterday’s Graham v. [read post]
23 Mar 2011, 12:43 pm
(Eugene Volokh) I’ve long been interested in the occasional anticooperative effect of law — the tendency of the threat of criminal punishment to sometimes discourage cooperation with the legal system (even though the deterrent effect usually tends to encourage following the law).Max Boot points to the same effect of international criminal prosecution (a topic that international human rights law scholars have discussed in the past):Hillary Clinton claims that… [read post]
27 Dec 2010, 11:17 am
(Eugene Volokh) From the Detroit Free Press:Oakland County prosecutors, relying on a Michigan statute typically used to prosecute crimes such as identity theft or stealing trade secrets, have charged Leon Walker, 33, with a felony after he logged onto a laptop in the home he shared with his wife, Clara Walker.Using her password, he accessed her Gmail account and learned she was having an affair. [read post]
6 Apr 2012, 6:29 pm
(Eugene Volokh) As I noted last week, both houses of the Arizona legislature passed a bill that would say, It is unlawful for any person, with intent to[, among other things,] harass, annoy or offend, to use any electronic or digital device and use any obscene, lewd or profane language …. [read post]
