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Despite a Notable Victory in Oklahoma, Legal Challenges to Flock Cameras Still Face Long Odds

Flock Despite a Notable Victory in Oklahoma, Legal Challenges to Flock Cameras Still Face Long Odds State and federal courts have...

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Jacob Sullum

Anthropic Is Banning 'Cruel Behavior' Toward Claude. Chatbots Are Still Not Your Friends.

Artificial Intelligence Anthropic Is Banning 'Cruel Behavior' Toward Claude. Chatbots Are Still Not Your Friends. The AI company's...

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Billy Binion

Is Hair on Your Head "Personal Property" for Purposes of Robbery Law?

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Eugene Volokh

Will Mamdani Make Housing More Affordable?

Affordable Housing Will Mamdani Make Housing More Affordable? Emily Eisner and Kenny Burgos debate Zohran Mamdani's housing policies. ...

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Gene Epstein

Don't Blame AI Labs for What Hackers Do With Their Tools

Artificial Intelligence Don't Blame AI Labs for What Hackers Do With Their Tools AI executives are planning for a public revolt...

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Tosin Akintola

I Am Now "THE ENEMY!" (as Is Everyone Who Uses the Term "Artificial Intelligence")

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Eugene Volokh

Kafka's The Trial "Was Not Supposed to Be an Instruction Manual"

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Eugene Volokh

Statement About Maine Lobster Industry as a Whole Can't Be Actionable Group Defamation

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Eugene Volokh

3 Congressmen Want to Strip Democratic Socialists of America of Legal "Rights, Privileges, and Immunities"

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Eugene Volokh

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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John Ross

The NIH Plan To Strengthen 'Replication and Reproducibility' Will Not Check Anything

Science The NIH Plan To Strengthen 'Replication and Reproducibility' Will Not Check Anything The world’s largest research funder...

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Aaron Brown

Live Reason Roundtable 10th Anniversary Show!

The Reason Roundtable Live Reason Roundtable 10th Anniversary Show! Join Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and...

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Peter Suderman

The Federal Government Just Posted the Largest Annual Budget Deficit Since COVID

Budget Deficit The Federal Government Just Posted the Largest Annual Budget Deficit Since COVID Tax revenue increased by about 3...

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Eric Boehm

Livestreaming an Execution

Death Penalty Livestreaming an Execution Plus: Tariffs and Michigan, LGBT teens, Stewart Brand fanfare, and more... Liz...

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Liz Wolfe

Let Charter Schools be as Flexible as Microschools

School Choice Let Charter Schools be as Flexible as Microschools Universal education savings accounts are giving families...

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Ian Kingsbury

Treasury Backs Down on Biden-Era Cryptocurrency Surveillance Proposal

Privacy Treasury Backs Down on Biden-Era Cryptocurrency Surveillance Proposal It’s a small victory for financial privacy against...

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Matthew Petti

Today in Supreme Court History: October 9, 1954

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Josh Blackman

The Midterm Winner Will Be Whichever Party Americans Hate Less

Partisanship The Midterm Winner Will Be Whichever Party Americans Hate Less U.S. voters continue to be motivated more by whom they...

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J.d. Tuccille

Trump's 'Free Speech Agenda: Siccing the FBI on Critics, Barring Reporters, and Threatening Broadcasters

First Amendment Trump's 'Free Speech Agenda: Siccing the FBI on Critics, Barring Reporters, and Threatening Broadcasters GOP's new...

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Steven Greenhut

Brickbat: …in All the Wrong Places

Flock Brickbat: …in All the Wrong Places Charles Oliver | 10.9.2026 4:00 AM Share on...

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Charles Oliver

Review: Magic Lantern Shows Were Cinema Before Movies

History Review: Magic Lantern Shows Were Cinema Before Movies Some lanternists believed that film was a fad their medium would...

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Jesse Walker

Review: These Talking Dogs Give Children the Wrong Idea About Government

Book Reviews Review: These Talking Dogs Give Children the Wrong Idea About Government Shmoo & Ozzie Go to Washington is...

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C.j. Ciaramella

Open Thread

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Eugene Volokh

Kimberly Guilfoyle's Grift Is at Least as Offensive as Hunter Biden's

Corruption Kimberly Guilfoyle's Grift Is at Least as Offensive as Hunter Biden's The ex-girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr. asked a...

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Robby Soave

D.C. Wants To Protect Ride-Share Jobs. Riders Could Pay the Price.

Self-driving vehicles D.C. Wants To Protect Ride-Share Jobs. Riders Could Pay the Price. Unions rallied against a D.C. robotaxi...

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Josh Pauzé

I'm Italian American, but I Don't Celebrate Columbus Day.

American Dream I'm Italian American, but I Don't Celebrate Columbus Day. The holiday brings out many of the worst excesses of...

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Nick Gillespie

Russian Plague, Superintelligence, and Tucker Carlson

Russia Russian Plague, Superintelligence, and Tucker Carlson Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi weigh in on the Russian plague,...

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Christian Britschgi And Robby Soave

J.D. Vance Accidentally Comes Out as a Socialist

Socialism J.D. Vance Accidentally Comes Out as a Socialist At a press conference, the vice president offered a strange new...

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Billy Binion

The NFL Chooses States, Not the CFTC, in Fight Over Prediction Market Regulation

Gambling The NFL Chooses States, Not the CFTC, in Fight Over Prediction Market Regulation The league's amicus brief warns about...

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Tosin Akintola

The Democratic Socialists of America Platform

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Steven Calabresi

Republicans Are Getting Grilled Over Trump's Tariffs

Free Trade Republicans Are Getting Grilled Over Trump's Tariffs From Maine to Michigan, voters are fed up with tariffs and trade...

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Eric Boehm

Problems with the New US Civil Rights Commission Report on Antisemitism, Part III

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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David Bernstein

New York Is Fining Amish Schools Over Vaccines, So the Amish Are Asking the Supreme Court for Help

First Amendment New York Is Fining Amish Schools Over Vaccines, So the Amish Are Asking the Supreme Court for Help After $118,000...

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Ryan Curtis

Outlaw vs. In-Law Outlaw

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Eugene Volokh

Disparate Treatment of Anti-Israel Protestors?

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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David Bernstein

A Missouri School District Censored a Parent's Negative Facebook Emoji Because It Was 'Upsetting'

First Amendment A Missouri School District Censored a Parent's Negative Facebook Emoji Because It Was 'Upsetting' Annie Palmer was...

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Jacob Sullum

North Carolina Woman Doesn't Have First Amendment Right to Publish Video of Cop Shooting Her Dogs, Court Rules

Puppycide North Carolina Woman Doesn't Have First Amendment Right to Publish Video of Cop Shooting Her Dogs, Court Rules A North...

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C.j. Ciaramella

The Pentagon Is Eating Silicon Valley

Artificial Intelligence The Pentagon Is Eating Silicon Valley An influx of military spending has been moving tech companies away...

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Matthew Petti

Adler v. Kochan on Suncor Energy v. Boulder County

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Jonathan H. Adler

My Review of Ted Cruz's Biography of Justice Thomas

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Josh Blackman

Can a Chatbot Prompt Be a Punishable Threat?

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Eugene Volokh

Price Controls Don't Work. So Why Do So Many Democrats and Republicans Love Them?

Price controls Price Controls Don't Work. So Why Do So Many Democrats and Republicans Love Them? Price controls are seductive...

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Veronique de Rugy

Does Allowing Turning Point USA "Two Genders: One Truth" Event to Be Held and Promoted at Public School Violate Title IX?

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Eugene Volokh

Texas Looks Competitive

Election 2026 Texas Looks Competitive Plus: AI weirdness, Amazon algorithm data, bond markets, and more... Liz Wolfe ...

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Liz Wolfe

How Drones Went From Tools of the Powerful to Weapons of the Masses

Drones How Drones Went From Tools of the Powerful to Weapons of the Masses Two very different sorts of drone warfare ...

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Matthew Petti

The Democrats' Socialist Moment

Socialism The Democrats' Socialist Moment The DSA is set to grow its influence in government after the 2026 elections. ...

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Matt Welch

Today in Supreme Court History: October 8, 1888

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Josh Blackman

Alito's 'Practical Originalism' Doesn't Sound Very Originalist

Supreme Court Alito's 'Practical Originalism' Doesn't Sound Very Originalist The conservative justice seems to favor the kind of...

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Damon Root

DOGE Shut Down This Agency. Now Its Employees Are Back on the Payroll With Nothing To Do.

DOGE DOGE Shut Down This Agency. Now Its Employees Are Back on the Payroll With Nothing To Do. Shutting down the U.S. Interagency...

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Eric Boehm

Open Thread

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Eugene Volokh