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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Washington Post Article Stresses the Library of Congress's Name, but Largely Ignores Judicial Precedent …
that treats the Library of Congress as an Executive Branch department as to Presidential removal of the Librarian.
Claim Over Penn's Alleged Knowing Toleration of Anti-Semitic Behavior Dismissed,
though the court found the plaintiffs had standing to bring the claim, and gave them one last chance to amend their complaint to plausibly allege enough to allow the case to go forward.
Plaintiff's Idaho Murder Libel Claim Continues to Beat Defendant's "Psychic Intuition"
More in Prof. Rebecca Scofield's defamation lawsuit against alleged psychic Ashley Guillard, based on Guillard's accusation that Scofield was involved in the Nov. 2022 murder of four University of Idaho students.
Arkansas S. Ct. Vacates Gag Order on Man Accused of Murdering His Teenage Daughter's Alleged Sex Abuser
The order also covered the man's family and public officials, as well as the lawyers in the case.
Chief Judge Steven Colloton Opines That Boycotts of Columbia Might Pose Ethical Problems
But he declines to conclude that another judge, against whom a complaint was lodged over participation in such a boycott, violated the rules.
Women-Only Naked Spa Lacks First Amendment Right to Exclude Transgender Patrons with Penises
So the Ninth Circuit held today, by a 2-1 vote. I tentatively think the majority got it right as a matter of First Amendment law and statutory interpretation, though I think such statutes ought to be written to include some privacy exceptions as to gender identity and not just sex.
Setting the Wayback Machine to 1995: "Cheap Speech and What It Will Do"
What did that 1995 article trying to predict the Internet future get right? More amusingly, what did it get wrong?
Fifth Circuit: Public Libraries May Select or Remove Books Based on Viewpoint
Such removal doesn't violate the First Amendment, the Court holds by a 10-7 vote, because readers don't have a "right to receive information" via government-run libraries.
