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The Berlin Wall

Josh Wittner wrote 1 month ago: Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Paul Hollander had this to say a … more →

Tags: Politics, Philosophy, Berlin Wall, communism, Nationalism, Extremism, Society, Washington Post

Is defunding ACORN unconstitutional?

way2opinionated wrote 3 months ago: Eugene Volokh of the Volokh Conspiracy makes the case (without resolving it) as to whether defunding … more →

Tags: Politics, ACORN, defunding

"Racist Groups" have Free Speech, Too1 comment

Tim wrote 5 months ago: I have heard it repeatedly.  “Free speech does not mean hate speech!”  I am calling shen … more →

Tags: Constitutional law, 1st Amendment, Freedom, free speech, First Amendment, Alan Potash, Anti-Defamation League, Content-based Restrictions, Eugene Volokh

Corporate Media Exploits Teen Idol to Push Cyberbullying Bill 1 comment

sakerfa wrote 7 months ago: The corporate media has linked teen idol Miley Cyrus, who plays schoolgirl rock star Hannah Montana … more →

Tags: Politics/Elect/Corrupt, Mainstream media, Dictatorship, Internet/Grid, Martial Law/Police State, Fascism, nwo, Education/Mind Control, Montaña

Apparently, Flag Burning is a really pressing problem these days

Lyssa wrote 7 months ago: Eugene Volokh has the story of Missouri Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, who is apparently now pushing to revive … more →

Tags: constitution, free speech

Truth Not Always a Defense?1 comment

Matt Jerzyk wrote 9 months ago: A recent Boston Globe story describes the possible libel law ramifications of a recent First Circuit … more →

Tags: MA Courts, National Courts, Boston Globe, Defamation, First Circuit, libel, Truth

How do we decide what is a "Water of the United States"? Rapanos revisited1 comment

Sean Hecht wrote 10 months ago: Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinions in Rapanos v. United States in 2006, it has be … more →

Tags: Land Use, regulatory policy, water, Clean Water Act, Jonathan Adler, rapanos, Army Corps, Section 404, Supreme Court

Hot Links to Cool Sites

Dan Farber wrote 10 months ago: The platform for this blog limits the number of links that we can list in the left margin.  Here are … more →

Tags: Energy, California, Academia, General, Center for Progressive Reform, sf green, RealClimate, CPR, Balkinization

In case you missed it...

thepoliticalgentleman wrote 11 months ago: 60 minutes ran a story on DWI on Long Island. They took a case study approach and also ran an extens … more →

Tags: Law, Nassau, Long Island, the political gentleman, Politics, Long Island Politics, Nassau County, Kathleen Rice, 60 mintues

Blissfully Ignorant and Voting

ennuipundit wrote 1 year ago: Ilya Somin takes note of the ignorance of the voting base: More generally, it is not surprising that … more →

Tags: Politics, ignorance, Zogby poll, How Obama Got Elected

Sound and reasonable laws

Abhishek wrote 1 year ago: Eugene Volokh takes apart a New York Times editorial in his inimitable style: The New York Times edi … more →

Tags: on certain arts, writings and performances, Politics, Funny, Gun Control, Laws, New York Times, Nonsense

Volokh Speaks

Cram wrote 1 year ago: Eugene Volokh held a lecture at the University of Utah last night. It was titled Constitutional Orig … more →

Tags: Originalism, Heller, D.C. Gun Ban

"I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul"2 comments

Sarcascio wrote 1 year ago: Tonight’s the Veep debate. Biden v. Palin, what a treat. This will, needless to say, be intere … more →

Tags: Law School, Politics, Cato Institute, pilon, linzer, University of Houston Law Center, Federalist Society

Mandatory "Volunteering"

twistedone151 wrote 1 year ago: There’s a lively discussion in the comments on this Jim Lindgren post at the Volokh Conspiracy … more →

Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Community Service, Volunteering

Market Regulation: Economic Markets & the Marketplace of Ideas

twistedone151 wrote 1 year ago: Ilya Somin has an interesting post at the Volokh Conspiracy asking how people reconcile favoring hea … more →

Tags: Politics, ilya somin, Economics, Economy, Culture, Marketplace of Ideas, regulation, Ayn Rand

Honor Killing

twistedone151 wrote 1 year ago: Eugene Volokh invites readers to consider, before citing the practice of ‘honor killings … more →

Tags: Politics, Law, Islam, Eugene Volokh, Honor Killing, adultery, murder, manslaughter

National Service

twistedone151 wrote 1 year ago: Prof. Ilya Somin has a post at the Volokh Conspiracy arguing that mandatory national service, such a … more →

Tags: Politics, Law, ilya somin, chuck rangel, Thirteenth Amendment, National Service, mandatory national service, Involuntary Servitude

Heller Decision in Near Retrospect

smitteneagle wrote 1 year ago: Adler at Volokh brings up an excellent point:  Perhaps the Supreme Court isn’t as conservative … more →

Tags: SCOTUS, 2nd Amendment, constitution, Guns, obama, McCain

I wonder what Eugene Volokh thinks of this...

smitteneagle wrote 1 year ago: …you know…of The Volokh Conspiracy.  Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty Is ‘Totally … more →

Tags: The Onion, SCOTUS


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