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[Ilya Somin] Canadian Immigration Officials Block Citizenship Grant for Russian Immigrant Because She Was Convicted of the "Crime" of Speaking Out Against Russia's War of Aggression Against Ukraine

5 Jan 2024, 5:55 pm by Ilya Somin

[If the absurd ruling stands, she could potentially be deported back to Russia, where she faces an 8-year prison sentence.] [read post]

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[Ilya Somin] Supreme Court Will Consider Trump Section 3 Disqualification Case

5 Jan 2024, 3:32 pm by Ilya Somin

[The justices will hear the case on an expedited schedule, and could potentially consider all the issues it raises.] [read post]

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[Ilya Somin] Video of Federalist Society "Seat at the Sitting" Panel on Upcoming Supreme Court Cases

4 Jan 2024, 5:43 pm by Ilya Somin

[The panel covered many cases and featured views many would not expect at a Fed Soc event.] [read post]

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[Ilya Somin] A Qualified Defense of Qualified Conformism

4 Jan 2024, 4:00 pm by Ilya Somin

[Some thoughts occasioned by economist Bryan Caplan's new book "You Will Not Stampede Me: Essays on Non-Conformism. [read post]

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[Ilya Somin] My Forthcoming Article on "Empowering Hispanics to Vote With Their Feet"

3 Jan 2024, 2:47 pm by Ilya Somin

[It's part of the annual Frankel Lecture symposium in the Houston Law Review.] [read post]

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[Ilya Somin] My New National Affairs Article on "The Case Against Nationalism"

2 Jan 2024, 1:51 pm by Ilya Somin

[Coauthored with Cato Institute scholar Alex Nowrasteh.] [read post]

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[Ilya Somin] Are Hispanics Following the Path of the Irish?

1 Jan 2024, 1:06 pm by Ilya Somin

[Economic policy commentator Noah Smith compiles evidence that the today's Hispanics are following a similar path to that of Irish-Americans in earlier eras of American history.] [read post]

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[Ilya Somin] Maine and Michigan Issue Rulings on Trump and Section 3 Disqualification

28 Dec 2023, 6:11 pm by Ilya Somin

[Maine's Secretary of State ruled that Trump is ineligible for the presidency. [read post]

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[Ilya Somin] More on Criminal Conviction and Section 3 Disqualification

28 Dec 2023, 2:57 pm by Ilya Somin

Somin forgets entirely about jurisdiction. [read post]

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[Ilya Somin] US, Allies Consider Seizing Russian Government Assets and Giving them to Ukraine

28 Dec 2023, 8:32 am by Ilya Somin

[They should take this wise and just step sooner rather than later.] [read post]

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[Ilya Somin] Why Section 3 Disqualification Doesn't Require a Prior Criminal Conviction on Charges of Insurrection

26 Dec 2023, 7:20 am by Ilya Somin

[The reason is a combination of the general structure of our legal system and the original meaning of Section 3 [read post]

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[Ilya Somin] Biden Expands Pardons for Marijuana Possession

22 Dec 2023, 12:09 pm by Ilya Somin

[It's a commendable, but very modest, expansion of a step he took last year.] [read post]

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[Ilya Somin] Efforts to Show that Exempting the President from the Scope of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment isn't Absurd Underscore that it Actually is

21 Dec 2023, 2:04 pm by Ilya Somin

[Harvard law Prof. [read post]

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[Ilya Somin] Colorado Supreme Court Rules Trump is Ineligible for the Presidency Under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment

19 Dec 2023, 6:22 pm by Ilya Somin

[The Colorado court got this issue right. [read post]

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[Eugene Volokh] Prof. Rick Hasen on the Colorado S. Ct. Trump Disqualification Ruling

19 Dec 2023, 5:52 pm by Eugene Volokh

Ilya Somin has posted a much more detailed analysis. [read post]

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[Ilya Somin] My Contribution to Brennan Center Symposium on the Most Significant State Constitutional Cases of 2023

19 Dec 2023, 12:34 pm by Ilya Somin

[I focus on the Washington Supreme Court's flawed decision holding an eviction moratorium is not a taking of private property.] [read post]

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[Ilya Somin] Review of "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes"

18 Dec 2023, 10:56 pm by Ilya Somin

[The new movie is a compelling film version of Suzanne Collins' prequel to the Hunger Games trilogy.] [read post]

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[Ilya Somin] Don't Put too Much Stock in Survey Finding that 67% of 18-24-Year-Olds Say Jews are "Oppressors"

17 Dec 2023, 4:13 pm by Ilya Somin

[The much-cited Harvard-Harris poll question has flawed wording,and is at odds with other, better surveys.] [read post]

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[Ilya Somin] Happy Saturnalia!

17 Dec 2023, 7:45 am by Ilya Somin

[Another year of the the Volokh Conspiracy tradition of marking the occasion of this ancient Roman holiday.] [read post]

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[Ilya Somin] Virginia Should Refuse to Subsidize the Construction of a New Stadium for the Capitals and Wizards

16 Dec 2023, 2:32 pm by Ilya Somin

[The proposed deal could be the largest-ever government subsidy for a sports stadium. [read post]

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