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.
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First Amendment Coalition, LaRoe & Volokh v. Chiu
We're challenging a California statute that bans publishing "information relating to a sealed arrest."
Journal of Free Speech Law: "The Press Clause: The Forgotten First Amendment,"
a Report from the Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, by Floyd Abrams, Sandra Baron, Lee Levine, Jacob M. Schriner-Briggs & Isaac Barnes May.
"Far from Representing a Powerful Avant-Garde Leading the Way to Political Change, …
the politicized class of professors is a serious political liability to any party that it supports."
Reference in Sentencing to Defendant's Disliking "Judeo and Christian Values Because They Are Good for Civilization" Didn't Violate the First Amendment
"[The] reference was made in the context of describing Melzer's and the O9A's views of those values to explain why, according to them, those values had to be defeated through violent conduct if their goal of chaos was to be achieved"; "the Order of the Nine Angels ('O9A')" "is a violent, white supremacist, neo-Nazi, Satanist, pro-jihadist group."
College Baseball Coach's Defamation Case, Alleging School Said He Was Fired Because He Acted in Racist Ways, Allowed to Go Forward
After the federal judge denied the university's motion for summary judgment, the case settled. Among other things, the judge concluded that allegations that a coach acted in a racist way were "defamation per se," so that plaintiff didn't have to show specific damages stemming from the allegations.
Why Suing LLCs in Federal Court Under Diversity Jurisdiction Can Be So Complicated
Seems hard to justify, especially since corporations are treated quite differently; but there it is.
Court Rejects Claim That Columbia Improperly Suspended Students for Justice in Palestine Chapter
N.Y. law provides for some judicial review of private universities' actions, when a university fails to "adhere[] to its own published rules," thus rendering its "actions were arbitrary or capricious"; but that standard, the court holds, wasn't met here.
"Democrats Have Been Acting Like the Proverbial American Tourist in France, …
trying to get their point across by shouting louder in a language only they understand."
Project Veritas' Defamation Lawsuit Against CNN Can Go Forward
Veritas had been suspended from Twitter for including an interview subject's house number; CNN "suggested on-air that Twitter banned Veritas for 'promoting misinformation.'"
Quick Reminder: Don't Compare the Final 2020 Popular Vote Totals with Non-Final 2024 Vote Totals
My quick glance at the posted vote totals suggests that there are about 16 million votes not yet counted.
Judge Orders Divorcing Husband to Surrender Gun, Even Without Domestic Violence Restraining Order
Fortunately, the California Court of Appeal just reversed that decision.
