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Eugene Volokh

Comic: It's Mercy Otis Warren vs. The Blockheads

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Peter Bagge

Professor's Lawsuit, "Focused on Discrimination Related to Positionality Across Multiple Marginalized and Vulnerable Communities," Fizzles

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Eugene Volokh

Justice Barrett, Trump v. Slaughter, and Presidential Removal Power from 1945 to 1969

Executive Power Almost every president since 1945 has refused to accept Humphrey's Executor as having been correctly decided. Steven Calabresi |...

yesterday 9

Steven Calabresi

Brickbat: It Takes One To Know One

Police Charles Oliver | 1.9.2026 4:00 AM Ronny Neal, a police officer in Sanford, Florida, has been charged with 79 counts of official misconduct...

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Charles Oliver

Allegedly Calling Ex "Fat Fuck Iranian" Stemmed from "Desire to Be Left Alone," not "Anti-Iranian Sentiment"

Politics Eugene Volokh | 1.9.2026 8:01 AM From the First Circuit's decision Tuesday in Radfar v. Covino , written by Judge Seth Aframe, joined by...

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Eugene Volokh

Video of the Minneapolis ICE Shooting Does Not Resolve the Issue of Whether It Was Legally Justified

ICE Jacob Sullum | 1.9.2026 4:00 PM After an immigration agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, Secretary of Homeland...

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Jacob Sullum

New in Civitas Outlook: "Eliminating Liberal International Asymmetries"

"The effect, if not purpose, of modern international law is to obstruct American conservative foreign policy." Josh Blackman | 1.9.2026 8:51 AM In...

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Josh Blackman

Today in Supreme Court History: January 9, 1919

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Josh Blackman

Constitutional to Expel Law Student for Writing "[W]hatever Harvard Professor Noel Ignatiev Meant by … '[A]bolish the White Race by Any Means Necessary' … Must Be Done with Jews"

Free Speech An Eleventh Circuit panel concludes (by a 2-1 vote) that this is likely the right result. Eugene Volokh | 1.9.2026 3:05 PM From...

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Eugene Volokh

First Amendment Protects Islam Expert's Post-Sept. 11 Speech Urging People to Join Taliban

Free Speech So a Fourth Circuit panel held today, vacating the defendant's convictions from 2005. Eugene Volokh | 1.9.2026 5:01 PM An excerpt from...

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Eugene Volokh

Culture War Politics Have Been Costly for This California Town

California Steven Greenhut | 1.9.2026 7:30 AM Los Angeles is the City of Angels, Pasadena is the City of Roses, and Huntington Beach, once known as...

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Steven Greenhut

No Other Choice Is a Dark Satire of Capitalism and Masculinity

Movies Peter Suderman | 1.9.2026 10:20 AM There's not much in the way of subtlety when it comes to the big themes of Park Chan-wook's No Other...

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Peter Suderman

Review: Why You've Probably Never Heard of James Garfield's Assassin

Presidential History Natalie Dowzicky | From the February/March 2026 issue Mike Makowsky opens Death by Lightning, a four-part miniseries he wrote...

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Natalie Dowzicky

DHS Invokes Immigration Enforcement To Justify Gathering Americans' DNA

Fourth Amendment J.D. Tuccille | 1.9.2026 7:00 AM Government agencies inevitably turn enforcement responsibilities into opportunities to extend the...

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J.d. Tuccille

Only Time Will Tell

Reason Roundup Liz Wolfe | 1.9.2026 9:30 AM "Only time will tell," said President Donald Trump, in response to questions about how long the United...

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Liz Wolfe

Justice Sotomayor Authors First Opinion of Supreme Court's October 2025 Term

Supreme Court Contrary to widespread speculation, the Court's first opinion of an argued case concerned neither Trump's tariffs nor voting rights....

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Jonathan H. Adler

Justice Barrett, Trump v. Slaughter, and Presidential Removal Power from 1933 to 1945

Executive Power President Franklin D. Roosevelt did his best to defend presidential removal power at will notwithstanding the Supreme Court’s...

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Steven Calabresi

Court Refuses to Seal Case Involving Government's Motion to Authorize Disclosure of Tax Returns

Free Speech "The substantial public interests implicated by questions of the proper scope of Executive power and the statutory limits on access to...

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Eugene Volokh

DHS Says Venezuela Is Safe for Migrants To 'Go Home' to After Maduro's Capture. These Venezuelans Disagree.

Venezuela Autumn Billings | 1.9.2026 5:53 PM In the day following the capture of Venezuelan Dictator Nicolás Maduro, Department of Homeland Security...

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Autumn Billings

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

Politics Top Gun, official acts, and atrial fibrillation. John Ross | 1.9.2026 3:30 PM Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly...

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John Ross

What Kind of Immunity for ICE Agents?

immunity A guest post by Prof. Michael Mannheimer. Ilya Somin | 1.9.2026 9:17 PM Professor Michael Mannheimer (Northern Kentucky University) is the...

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Ilya Somin

Should Child Protective Services Intervene More?

Children's Rights Gene Epstein | 1.9.2026 2:35 PM HD Video Download Naomi Schaefer Riley and Martin Guggenheim debate the resolution,...

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Gene Epstein

Brickbat: Texas Two Step

Government employees Charles Oliver | 1.8.2026 4:00 AM A report by the Austin City Auditor's Office in Austin, Texas, found two former city...

thursday 10

Charles Oliver

The Trump Administration Says It's Illegal To Record Videos of ICE. Here's What the Law Says.

Police Abuse C.J. Ciaramella | From the February/March 2026 issue The Trump administration believes you don't have the right to record Immigration...

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C.j. Ciaramella

Does The Miscellaneous Receipts Act Apply To The President?

Under the clear statement rule, it likely will not. Josh Blackman | 1.8.2026 2:30 PM There is much uncertainty concerning President Trump's plans...

thursday 10

Josh Blackman

Venezuelan Socialist Regime Announces Release of a 'Number of Important' Political Prisoners

Venezuela César Báez | 1.8.2026 3:39 PM Jorge Rodríguez, president of Venezuela's National Assembly and brother of acting dictator Delcy Rodríguez,...

thursday 10

César Báez

Judge "Displayed Poor Judgment by Wearing His Elvis Presley Costume … During Court Proceedings on or Around Halloween"

Judicial Ethics Eugene Volokh | 1.8.2026 2:06 PM The Missouri Commission on Retirement, Removal, and Discipline of Judges charged Judge Matthew...

thursday 10

Eugene Volokh

Missouri Judge Removed from Bench for In-Court Political Activity

Judicial Ethics Eugene Volokh | 1.8.2026 2:02 PM The Missouri Commission on Retirement, Removal, and Discipline of Judges charged Judge Matthew...

thursday 4

Eugene Volokh

New in WSJ: "Ed Feulner, Ed Meese and the Heritage Foundation's Exodus"

"The leaders of the conservative think tank have abandoned its founding principles." Josh Blackman | 1.8.2026 6:32 PM The Wall Street Journal has...

thursday 5

Josh Blackman

N.J. Appellate Court Reverses "Red Flag" Order Barring Gun Possession by Mother Whose Son Had Just Died

Guns The order had apparently been issued just based on the father’s statement, right after he learned of the death, that the mother (his wife)...

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Eugene Volokh

Today in Supreme Court History: January 8, 1973

thursday 4

Josh Blackman

Zaprudering The Minneapolis ICE Video

Josh Blackman | 1.8.2026 1:08 PM I'll admit a guilty pleasure. I enjoy watching police dash-cam and body-cam videos on YouTube. More often than...

thursday 4

Josh Blackman

Trump's Proposed Ban on Institutional Investors Owning Single-Family Homes Would Make No One Better Off

Housing Policy Christian Britschgi | 1.8.2026 5:35 PM In the latest development in horseshoe theory, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that...

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Christian Britschgi

Why Insulting Brigitte Macron Online Can Mean Prison Time in France

Free Speech Jack Nicastro | 1.8.2026 2:49 PM In the United States, poking fun at politicians online is a birthright. In France, it could land you...

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Jack Nicastro

Transgender Athletes, Guns, and the Federal Reserve: 3 SCOTUS Cases To Watch in January

Supreme Court Damon Root | 1.8.2026 7:00 AM Greetings and welcome to the latest edition of the Injustice System newsletter. You’re reading...

thursday 4

Damon Root

ICE in Minnesota

ICE Liz Wolfe | 1.8.2026 9:30 AM Tragedy in Minnesota: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Minnesota shot and killed a...

thursday 3

Liz Wolfe

Trump's Plan for 30 Million Barrels of Venezuelan Oil Doesn't Add Up

Oil Joe Lancaster | 1.8.2026 10:00 AM Since deposing Nicolás Maduro and pledging to "run" his country, President Donald Trump has made it clear the...

thursday 3

Joe Lancaster

New Federal Guidelines for Booze Got It Right

Alcohol Eric Boehm | 1.8.2026 12:10 PM For well over a year and across two different presidential administrations, a behind-the-scenes battle...

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Eric Boehm

Elon Musk Said Rand Paul Is the One Person in Washington Who 'Gets It'

Politics Billy Binion | 1.8.2026 12:33 PM That there are fractures within the conservative movement is not going to come as a shock to those who...

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Billy Binion

Justice Barrett, Trump v. Slaughter, and Presidential Removal Power from 1921 to 1933

Executive Power Every President from 1921 to 1933 successfully defended presidential removal power at will. Steven Calabresi | 1.8.2026 10:59 AM In...

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Steven Calabresi

The Minnesota ICE Videos and "They Saw A Protest"

One explanation for the different reactions. Orin S. Kerr | 1.8.2026 2:57 PM Watching the different reactions to the Minnesota ICE videos brings to...

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Orin S. Kerr

The Crime Victim's Right to Justice

crime victims An important new article argues that, in twelve states, the crime victim's right "to justice" should be given substantive and...

thursday 9

Paul Cassell

The Minnesota Fraud Scandal Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Government Waste Veronique de Rugy | 1.8.2026 4:35 PM Growing national outrage over Minnesota's welfare fraud is justified, but not because of...

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Veronique De Rugy

I Once Supported Regime Change in Iraq. That's Why Venezuela Worries Me.

Foreign Policy Phil Klay | 1.7.2026 4:04 PM As one government official after another talks about regime change and the removal of an awful dictator...

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Phil Klay

Supreme Court of Texas Removes ABA as "Final Say" on Accreditation

Texas "may consider, in the future, returning to greater reliance on a multistate accrediting entity other than the ABA should a suitable entity...

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Josh Blackman

Barring Institutional Investors From Buying Homes Won't Make Housing More Affordable - and Would Likely Make Things Worse

Housing Policy There is no evidence that institutional investors increase prices. Barring them from the market could actually exacerbate the...

07.01.2026 10

Ilya Somin

ICE Shoots and Kills Woman in Minneapolis

DHS C.J. Ciaramella | 1.7.2026 2:41 PM Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Minneapolis shot and killed a woman in her car...

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C.j. Ciaramella

Brickbat: Irish Eyes Are Prying

Social Media Charles Oliver | 1.7.2026 4:00 AM Ireland Deputy Prime Minister Simon Harris says that when his country holds the presidency of the...

07.01.2026 2

Charles Oliver

The 'Law Enforcement' Rationale for Invading Venezuela Is an Open-Ended License for War

Executive Power Jacob Sullum | 1.7.2026 12:01 AM Venezuela is well rid of Nicolás Maduro, a corrupt, oppressive, and illegitimate leader who...

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Eugene Volokh

Comic: It's Mercy Otis Warren vs. The Blockheads

Peter Bagge

Professor's Lawsuit, "Focused on Discrimination Related to Positionality Across Multiple Marginalized and Vulnerable Communities," Fizzles

Eugene Volokh

Justice Barrett, Trump v. Slaughter, and Presidential Removal Power from 1945 to 1969

Steven Calabresi

Brickbat: It Takes One To Know One

Charles Oliver

Allegedly Calling Ex "Fat Fuck Iranian" Stemmed from "Desire to Be Left Alone," not "Anti-Iranian Sentiment"

Eugene Volokh

Video of the Minneapolis ICE Shooting Does Not Resolve the Issue of Whether It Was Legally Justified

Jacob Sullum

New in Civitas Outlook: "Eliminating Liberal International Asymmetries"

Josh Blackman

Today in Supreme Court History: January 9, 1919

Josh Blackman

Constitutional to Expel Law Student for Writing "[W]hatever Harvard Professor Noel Ignatiev Meant by … '[A]bolish the White Race by Any Means Necessary' … Must Be Done with Jews"

Eugene Volokh

First Amendment Protects Islam Expert's Post-Sept. 11 Speech Urging People to Join Taliban

Eugene Volokh

Culture War Politics Have Been Costly for This California Town

Steven Greenhut

No Other Choice Is a Dark Satire of Capitalism and Masculinity

Peter Suderman

Review: Why You've Probably Never Heard of James Garfield's Assassin

Natalie Dowzicky

DHS Invokes Immigration Enforcement To Justify Gathering Americans' DNA

J.d. Tuccille

Only Time Will Tell

Liz Wolfe

Justice Sotomayor Authors First Opinion of Supreme Court's October 2025 Term

Jonathan H. Adler

Justice Barrett, Trump v. Slaughter, and Presidential Removal Power from 1933 to 1945

Steven Calabresi

Court Refuses to Seal Case Involving Government's Motion to Authorize Disclosure of Tax Returns

Eugene Volokh

DHS Says Venezuela Is Safe for Migrants To 'Go Home' to After Maduro's Capture. These Venezuelans Disagree.

Autumn Billings

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

John Ross

What Kind of Immunity for ICE Agents?

Ilya Somin

Should Child Protective Services Intervene More?

Gene Epstein

Brickbat: Texas Two Step

Charles Oliver

The Trump Administration Says It's Illegal To Record Videos of ICE. Here's What the Law Says.

C.j. Ciaramella

Does The Miscellaneous Receipts Act Apply To The President?

Josh Blackman

Venezuelan Socialist Regime Announces Release of a 'Number of Important' Political Prisoners

César Báez

Judge "Displayed Poor Judgment by Wearing His Elvis Presley Costume … During Court Proceedings on or Around Halloween"

Eugene Volokh

Missouri Judge Removed from Bench for In-Court Political Activity

Eugene Volokh

New in WSJ: "Ed Feulner, Ed Meese and the Heritage Foundation's Exodus"

Josh Blackman

N.J. Appellate Court Reverses "Red Flag" Order Barring Gun Possession by Mother Whose Son Had Just Died

Eugene Volokh

Today in Supreme Court History: January 8, 1973

Josh Blackman

Zaprudering The Minneapolis ICE Video

Josh Blackman

Trump's Proposed Ban on Institutional Investors Owning Single-Family Homes Would Make No One Better Off

Christian Britschgi

Why Insulting Brigitte Macron Online Can Mean Prison Time in France

Jack Nicastro

Transgender Athletes, Guns, and the Federal Reserve: 3 SCOTUS Cases To Watch in January

Damon Root

ICE in Minnesota

Liz Wolfe

Trump's Plan for 30 Million Barrels of Venezuelan Oil Doesn't Add Up

Joe Lancaster

New Federal Guidelines for Booze Got It Right