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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Whose Rules Should Govern How Americans Speak with Other Americans?
(1) American law? (2) Rules set by a large corporation? (3) International law?
Kevin Spacey Sex Abuse Plaintiff Can't Sue Under Pseudonym
The lawsuit stems from an alleged sexual relationship between the plaintiff and Spacey over 35 years ago, when the plaintiff was 14.
Prof. John McWhorter (Columbia) on "People Getting Fired for Referring to the N-Word - Activism or Performance Art?"
Today's item in Prof. McWhorter's substack newsletter, "It Bears Mentioning." (I just subscribed, for $60 for the year, though you can also subscribe for $5/month.)
The Pizza Principle
"It is more time-consuming to clean up the pizza thrown at a wall than it is to throw it."
Pharma Co. Seems Ready to Withdraw Request for Preliminary Injunction to Take Down Anesthesiology Journal Articles
The case is Pacira BioSciences v. American Society of Anesthesiologists, a trade libel lawsuit filed over journal articles and other publications questioning the efficacy of Pacira's pain-killer Exparel.
N.Y. Police Officer Sues Protester Over Anti-Asian Insults, Alleged Spitting
Detective Vincent Cheung is suing Terrell Harper.
"Tenured Professor Abruptly Fired After Raising Allegations of Anti-Semitic Speech by Linfield University's President"
"[Daniel] Pollack-Pelzner ... is [also] one of many Linfield faculty members and students who have pushed back against the allegedly poor handling of sexual abuse and [harassment] claims by the administration."
"The New Taboo: Quoting Epithets in the Classroom and Beyond" Now Published
The article is co-written by Prof. Randall Kennedy (Harvard), a leading scholar of race and the law, and me.
Women-Only Workout Areas in Exercise Facilities
The Connecticut Supreme Court will be hearing a case on this next week.
"President Trump, Justice Thomas, and the Future of Social Media": A National Constitution Center Podcast Episode,
with Center head Jeffrey Rosen; Katie Fallow, senior staff attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute; and me.
Race and Violent Crime
Do "Black and white people routinely commit crimes at similar rates," if we focus on violent crime? Is "Black-on-Black crime ... a myth"?
Dr. Luke Isn't a Public Figure for Purposes of His Libel Lawsuit Against Ke$ha
So the New York intermediate appellate court held yesterday, by a 3-2 vote.
Duty to Retreat and Duty to Comply with Demands
If you support the duty to retreat (before using deadly force), what do you think of the duty to "comply[] with a demand ... [to] abstain from performing an act"?
3/4 of States Are Now Stand Your Ground; only 12 Are Duty to Retreat
But what exactly do these terms mean?
Social Media Platforms as Common Carriers?
An interesting conversation I had with UMass law professor (and associate dean) Shaun Spencer, organized by the UMass Law Federalist Society.
Religion and Failure to Provide Medical Care for Dying Children
An illustration of our individualistic law of religious exemptions.
Court Refuses to Seal Case That Plaintiff Wanted to Hide from Potential Employers
Unsurprisingly, the court also refuses to order private caselaw repositories and search engines to hide the information.
