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Eugene Volokh

Brickbat: Stop the Music

Authoritarianism Charles Oliver | 4.25.2024 4:00 AM A Belarusian court has sentenced the members of dissident rock band Nizkiz to two years of...

yesterday 9

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Charles Oliver

These States Want You To Show ID To Watch Porn Online

Sex Elizabeth Nolan Brown | From the May 2024 issue The latest trend in anti-sex action is carding people to watch porn online. After years of...

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Today in Supreme Court History: April 25, 1938

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Josh Blackman

Judge Acquits Backpage Co-Founder Michael Lacey on Most Counts

Backpage Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.25.2024 1:06 PM A federal judge has acquitted Backpage co-founder Michael Lacey of dozens of counts, including a...

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown

The Kentucky Legislature Removed The Governor's Power To Temporarily Appoint A Senator

Politics Josh Blackman | 4.25.2024 12:00 PM Back in August 2023, I wrote about a potential Seventeenth Amendment conflict in Kentucky. Under...

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Josh Blackman

Nina Jankowicz, Disinformation Czar, Is Back in Action

Media Criticism Robby Soave | 4.25.2024 10:00 AM In a recent newsletter, I fretted that disinformation experts keep failing upward into ever...

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Robby Soave

David Beito: Was FDR a Tyrant?

Franklin Roosevelt Zach Weissmueller | 4.25.2024 1:02 PM HD Video Download Why has President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's dark side been hidden?...

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Zach Weissmueller

Greenpeace Crusade Will Blind and Kill Children

Greenpeace Ronald Bailey | 4.25.2024 12:30 PM Greenpeace and other anti-biotech activist groups have logged a win in a crusade that could...

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Ronald Bailey

NOAA Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Are Not Evidence of Climate Change

Climate Change Ronald Bailey | 4.25.2024 2:10 PM "Billion-dollar weather and climate disasters broke U.S. record in 2023, NOAA says,"  reported...

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Ronald Bailey

Enough?

Ukraine Liz Wolfe | 4.25.2024 9:33 AM Cash infusion still not enough: Despite the $60 billion in Ukraine aid that was just authorized by Congress...

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Liz Wolfe

Presidential Bribery and the Clear Statement Rule in Trump v. United States: Revisiting Issues From The First Trump Impeachment and the Mueller Investigation

Josh Blackman | 4.25.2024 7:12 PM Today the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Trump v. United States , the presidential immunity case. Much of...

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Josh Blackman

SCOTUS Weighs the Risk of Presidential Timidity Against the Risk of Presidential Impunity

Donald Trump Jacob Sullum | 4.25.2024 6:18 PM Without "absolute immunity" from criminal prosecution for their "official acts," Donald Trump's...

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Jacob Sullum

New Evidence that Making Legal Migration Easier Reduces Illegal Border Crossings

Immigration Ilya Somin | 4.25.2024 5:04 PM I and others have long argued that making legal migration easier is the best way to reduce disorder at...

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Ilya Somin

Texas Public Colleges Crack Down on Peaceful Anti-Israel Protests

First Amendment Emma Camp | 4.25.2024 5:16 PM As pro-Palestine demonstrations erupt at college campuses across the nation, several public colleges...

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Emma Camp

Gen. Michael Flynn's Brother v. CNN "False Light" Lawsuit Dismissed

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.24.2024 5:26 PM From today's decision by Judge Arun Subramanian (S.D.N.Y.) in Flynn v. CNN, Inc. : Plaintiffs Jack...

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Eugene Volokh

Brickbat: Who's Counting?

Homelessness Charles Oliver | 4.24.2024 4:00 AM An estimated 171,000 Californians are homeless, making up about 30 percent of all homeless people...

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Charles Oliver

John McWhorter on the Columbia Protests

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.24.2024 4:52 PM An excerpt from his column in yesterday's N.Y. Times: Last Thursday, in the music humanities class I...

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Eugene Volokh

Congress Yet Again Abuses 'Emergency Spending' for Non-Emergency Purposes

Government Spending Veronique de Rugy | 4.25.2024 12:01 AM This week, Congress moved closer to passing four separate bills with $95 billion in...

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Veronique De Rugy

A Cruel and Risky Abortion Ban Versus an Overreaching Interpretation of Federal Law

Abortion Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.24.2024 11:34 AM How at risk must a pregnant woman be before she's allowed to get an abortion? That's the issue...

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Today in Supreme Court History: April 24, 1963

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Josh Blackman

Another Illegal Power Grab From the FTC

Regulation Eric Boehm | 4.24.2024 12:00 PM More than 30 million Americans have signed employment contracts that limit their ability to switch jobs...

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Eric Boehm

Supreme Court Takes Up ATF's Unilateral 'Ghost Gun' Rules

Guns J.D. Tuccille | 4.24.2024 7:00 AM Can the government regulate objects that resemble unfinished firearm parts as if they are guns because, with...

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J.d. Tuccille

TikTok Gets 9 Months

Congress Liz Wolfe | 4.24.2024 9:30 AM Senate approves massive spending: Last night, the $95 billion aid package meant for Israel, Ukraine, and...

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Liz Wolfe

Colorado Bans HOAs From Banning Home Businesses

Zoning Christian Britschgi | 4.24.2024 5:00 PM This past Friday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a new law that forbids homeowner associations...

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Christian Britschgi

Building on the Success of Uniting for Ukraine

Immigration Ilya Somin | 4.24.2024 7:24 PM CBS News recently published an article reviewing the impressive success of the Uniting for Ukraine...

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Ilya Somin

Private, Shmivate: Sit-ins, Campouts, and True Threats Are Constitutionally Unprotected at Universities, Whether Private or Public

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.24.2024 3:28 PM The Wall Street Journal had an editorial this morning called "Defining Free Speech Down on Campus"; I...

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Eugene Volokh

No Pseudonymity in Lawsuit Challenging N.Y.'s Involuntary Commitment System as It Affects Gun Rights

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.24.2024 2:23 PM In P.D. v. Sullivan (S.D.N.Y.), plaintiff alleges: New York State Mental Hygiene Law 9.39 is used to...

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Eugene Volokh

Ford Fischer: Why You Should Surveil the State

Journalism Nick Gillespie | 4.24.2024 10:45 AM You've probably seen footage and images of the January 6 riot at the Capitol captured by today's...

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Nick Gillespie

She Only Served 10 Months Behind Bars. Florida Still Slapped Her With A $127,000 Bill.

Prisons Emma Camp | 4.24.2024 3:32 PM Imagine you've just been released from prison in Florida. You have every intention of turning your life...

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Emma Camp

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee Quietly Kills Clemency Initiative for Drug-Free School Zone Offenders

Criminal Justice C.J. Ciaramella | 4.24.2024 2:49 PM Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has quietly ended a fast-track clemency process for...

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C.j. Ciaramella

FCC Set To Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules That Seem More Unnecessary Than Ever

Net Neutrality Joe Lancaster | 4.24.2024 4:00 PM Of all the modern technological advances, the internet is certainly one of the most impressive....

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Joe Lancaster

Disagreeing with Eugene about the Anti-Hillel Incidents at Northwestern University Last Week

David Bernstein | 4.24.2024 1:25 PM April 15, 2024, was admitted students day at Northwestern University. Student protestors took advantage of that...

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David Bernstein

This Bill Would Give the Treasury Nearly Unlimited Power To Destroy Nonprofits

Nonprofits Matthew Petti | 4.24.2024 1:54 PM A bipartisan bill would give the secretary of the treasury unilateral power to classify any charity as...

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Matthew Petti

Politicians Helped Kill Amazon's Roomba Deal

Regulation Joe Lancaster | From the May 2024 issue In January 2024, Amazon terminated its agreement to acquire iRobot, the company that...

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Joe Lancaster

Northwestern Dean of Students' Presence at Anti-Israel Protest

Eugene Volokh | 4.23.2024 11:12 AM I've seen some items online asserting that the Northwestern Dean of Students "joins anti-Israel rally organized...

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Eugene Volokh

Does the Constitution Protect the Right To Get High?

Drug Policy Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2024 7:00 AM The Constitution of the War on Drugs , by David Pozen, Oxford University Press, 304 pages, $27.95 When...

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Jacob Sullum

Today in Supreme Court History: April 23, 1985

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Josh Blackman

The Alarming Implications of Trump's Immunity Claim

Executive Power Jacob Sullum | 4.24.2024 12:01 AM When Congress impeaches and removes a federal official, the Constitution says, "the party...

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Jacob Sullum

Capitalism Makes Society Less Racist

Capitalism John Stossel | 4.24.2024 12:30 AM Capitalism and racism go together? I hear it all the time. "Racism is intricately linked to...

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John Stossel

New Georgia Law Allows Birthing Centers To Open Without Needing Permission From Nearby Hospitals

Health Eric Boehm | 4.23.2024 3:48 PM When Katie Chubb tried to open a new birthing center in Augusta, Georgia, nearly three years ago, she hit an...

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Eric Boehm

The Morningside Heights Tent City

Protests Liz Wolfe | 4.23.2024 9:30 AM Pivot to remote: Happy Passover to those who observe. And to Columbia University students who happen to be...

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Liz Wolfe

A Discussion of Jurisdiction Stripping and the Mountain Valley Pipeline

Jonathan H. Adler | 4.24.2024 12:50 AM Last week I participated in a Federalist Society teleforum on the legal issues raised by Congress' decision...

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Jonathan H. Adler

It Took Me Months To Get the ADHD Meds the DEA Says Are Overprescribed

War on Drugs C.J. Ciaramella | 4.23.2024 3:17 PM The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been warning that prescription stimulant abuse could...

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C.j. Ciaramella

Costly Complexity

Housing Policy Christian Britschgi | 4.23.2024 12:10 PM Happy Tuesday and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. I wanted to change up the...

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Christian Britschgi

Ten Thoughts on Starbucks, Corp. v. McKinney

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Samuel Bray

The Narrowest Ground for Deciding Trump v. United States

Steven Calabresi | 4.23.2024 2:53 PM I argued in a blog post on Sunday, April 21st that Special Counsel Jack Smith lacked defendant standing to...

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Steven Calabresi

Brickbat: 'Openly Jewish'

Protests Charles Oliver | 4.23.2024 4:00 AM London's Metropolitan Police Service has apologized for threatening to arrest a Jewish man at a pro-...

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Charles Oliver

The Best of Reason: A Big Panic Over Tiny Plastics

Plastic Pollution Mike Pesca | 4.23.2024 6:00 PM This week's featured article is "A Big Panic Over Tiny Plastics" by Mike Pesca. This audio was...

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Mike Pesca

Brief Challenging Texas Restriction on "Sexual Gesticulations Using Accessories or Prosthetics That Exaggerate … Sexual Characteristics"

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.22.2024 2:16 PM I was delighted to sign on to this amicus brief supporting the challenge to Texas's S.B. 12...

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Eugene Volokh

Today in Supreme Court History: April 22, 1992

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Josh Blackman

"Despite Police Pushback, Biden Presses On With Visit To Syracuse After Two Cops Were Just Slain"

Eugene Volokh | 4.22.2024 7:16 PM From the Daily Caller: Biden is set to travel to the city on Thursday to promote the CHIPS and Science Act and...

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Eugene Volokh

Ohio AG Asks State Supreme Court To Bar Universal Injunction

Josh Blackman | 4.22.2024 12:15 PM The Ohio legislature recently enacted, over the Governor's veto, a law concerning transgender minors. The law...

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Josh Blackman

Next Year In Jerusalem

Josh Blackman | 4.22.2024 2:13 PM Every year at the close of the Passover seder, Jewish people say "Next year in Jerusalem." In my life I have...

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Josh Blackman

TikTok Measure Passed by House Is Unconstitutional in Multiple Ways

TikTok Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.22.2024 11:30 AM Is TikTok's time finally up? On Saturday, the House of Representatives passed a measure that...

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown

China's Retribution

China Liz Wolfe | 4.22.2024 9:30 AM Banning TikTok for real this time: On Saturday, the House passed bills that will send large sums of aid to...

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Liz Wolfe

Democrats and Republicans Unite To Give Weapons Manufacturers $59 Billion

Government Spending Matthew Petti | 4.22.2024 9:45 AM The House of Representatives passed a $95 billion military spending package over the weekend,...

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Matthew Petti

"World on the Brink"—Interviewing Dmitri Alperovitch

Stewart Baker | 4.22.2024 10:27 AM Okay, yes, I promised to take a hiatus after episode 500. Yet here it is a week later, and I'm releasing episode...

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Stewart Baker

Combat Homelessness by Ending Exclusionary Zoning

8th Amendment Ilya Somin | 4.22.2024 9:28 PM   Today, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson , a case which...

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Ilya Somin

Equity Isn't Venti for the Government

Samuel Bray | 4.22.2024 9:57 PM Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney. Read more in this piece at...

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Samuel Bray

Julian Simon Was Right: Ingenuity Leads to Abundance

Natural Resources J.D. Tuccille | 4.22.2024 8:05 AM If you're looking for further evidence that the world is recovering from the disruptions of...

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J.d. Tuccille

For Those Who Want a More Musical Volokh

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Eugene Volokh

The Bail Project Isn't Liable for Crimes by People It Bailed Out

Politics Eugene Volokh | 4.22.2024 8:01 AM From Troutt v. The Bail Project, Inc. , decided Friday by the Kentucky Court of Appeals (opinion by...

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Eugene Volokh

District Court Unseals Sentencing Memorandum in Case Involving Detroit's "Topless Prophet"

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.22.2024 8:49 AM From Judge Linda Parker's opinion Thursday in U.S. v. Markovitz (E.D. Mich.); the defendant is the...

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Eugene Volokh

Monday Open Thread

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Eugene Volokh

Brickbat: Keeping Drugs Off the Street

Michigan Charles Oliver | 4.22.2024 4:00 AM Tressa Beltran, former police chief of Hartford, Michigan, has been charged with multiple felonies,...

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Charles Oliver

Worst 4/20 Ever

Defense Spending Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Eric Boehm | 4.22.2024 5:30 PM In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors...

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Matt Welch

After Iowa Police Ignored Her Pleas for Help, Her Estranged Husband Killed Her

Police Emma Camp | 4.22.2024 4:39 PM In October 2022, Angela Prichard was murdered by her estranged husband, Christopher Prichard. The crime wasn't...

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Emma Camp

Special Counsel Jack Smith Lacks Standing to Defend the D.C. Circuit's ruling on Presidential Immunity in the Supreme Court

Steven Calabresi | 4.21.2024 5:25 PM On Thursday, April 25th the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Trump v. United States. I have signed an...

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Steven Calabresi

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