Eugene Volokh is the Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, and the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA School of Law. Naturally, his posts here (like the opinions of the other bloggers) are his own, and not endorsed by any institution. He is also the co-host of the Free Speech Unmuted podcast.
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Suit Alleging Medical Establishment's Desire to Compel Doctors "to Toe the Line in All Matters Related to COVID …" Can Go Forward
"Nor is it evident that the approach taken by Defendants insulated the process from undue 'political influence.' To the contrary, political influence would appear to have been the point."
"Yes, I'm with … Hamas and Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad but up to a Point" Visiting Prof's Suit Against Columbia Dismissed
"Professor Abdou provides no authority which stands for the proposition that expressing disapproval of a foreign terrorist organization in a Congressional hearing amounts to discrimination or creates a hostile work environment ...."
Court Partly Blocks Minnesota Law Restricting False Statements About "Restrictions on Voter Eligibility"
Minnesota officials were using the law to block contested claims about when felons were allowed to vote in Minnesota elections.
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Arizona S. Ct.: Concern About "Job Offers" Being "Withdrawn" Because of "Pending Civil Litigation" …
doesn't justify sealing of court records.
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"As If These Blunders Were Not Enough," U.S. Attorney Office Management …
"decided to double book the same [prosecutor] for two trials on the same day," writes federal judge in blocking felon gun possession prosecution because of government failure to comply with Speedy Trial Act.
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Contract Claim Over Private School Expulsions, Allegedly Caused by Parents' Organizing Against Ideological Curriculum Changes, Can Go Forward
"Beginning in the summer of 2020, the school began to change its curriculum to focus on politicized issues of race and gender identity. At some point, the Turpins learned that the school was teaching their sixth-grade child various polarizing concepts such as 'Republicans are white supremacists.'"
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Court Dismisses Government's Title VI Anti-Semitism Lawsuit Against Harvard
The decision turns on the particulars of the scheme for federal enforcement of Title VI.
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Do Colleges Owe Partial Refunds for Online-Only COVID Transition?
The Second Circuit asks New York's highest court to indicate what New York law says on this.
No Second Amendment Right to Export Guns (Including to Haiti)
"John Adams, Oliver Ellsworth, Rufus King, Albert Gallatin, Robert Morris, James Monroe, Joseph Story, Jonathan Trumbull, James Madison, Henry Clay, [and] John Quincy Adams ... knew a thing or two about the Constitution."
Libel Lawsuit Over Highly Publicized L.A. Landlord-Tenant Dispute Thrown Out
The court is unmoved by plaintiff's claims that defendants' coverage of the underlying dispute led to people threatening her.
