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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A Lawyer's Filing "Is Replete with Citations to Non-Existent Cases" -- Thanks, ChatGPT?
The lawyer's colleague, who drafted the filing, says he relied on ChatGPT to draft the filing and provide the text of the cases, and neglected to check them.
Rep. George Santos's Bail Guarantors Are Being Kept Secret
The New York Times asked that their names, and information related to the bail hearing, be released.
Court Upholds Order Limiting Divorced Father's Talking to Gay Son About Sexual Orientation and Religion
"[W]e find no error by the trial court in finding that Father had mentally abused N. The circuit court concluded that N. was 'frightened,' 'scared,' and 'fearful' of his Father's anger and his Father's refusal to accept his sexual orientation."
Loading and Openly Carrying Gun in Own Yard Isn't Criminal Use of Deadly Force Under Florida Law
"[O]ne [tree-cutting] crew member made sexually suggestive gestures towards his fiancée and another waved a running chainsaw towards his dogs with the apparent threat to dismember them ...."
Kicking Out Paid Conference Attendee May Be Breach of Contract—but His Returning Is Still Criminal Trespass
A case stemming from a "Holocaust revisionist's" expulsion from a conference on "Mennonites and the Holocaust."
Preliminary Injunction Against "Disparag[ing]" or "Frivolous" Claims About School Board or Employees …
violates the First Amendment, holds the Louisiana Court of Appeal.
First Amendment Challenge to Discipline of 8th-Grader for "Racially Insensitive" Instagram Post Can Go Forward
The student had “posted a screenshot of a friend with a cosmetic mud mask on her face with the caption ‘when he says he’s only into black girls’ on her Instagram account.”
Establishment Clause Related to School's Transcendental Meditation Program Sent to Transcendental Mediation
OK, not really, but the judge partly denied the motion for summary judgment, which would allow it to go to trial.
Baby Ninth Amendments Part IV: All the Rights but Not ALL the Rights
Baby Ninths assume a Lockean social contract—not a Hobbesian one. They protect Lockean rights but not positive or procedural rights.
Was This Couple Married 0, 1, or 2 Times?
Florida Law + New York Law + Jewish Law = ....
Vice-President of Writers' Organization (PEN) Resigns Because of Panel's Excluding Russian Writers
UPDATE: Added response from PEN.
"Citizen Non-Cooperation and Police Non-Intervention as Causes of Justice Failure and Crime"
"Such inaction is not irrational but the result of strong incentives against citizen cooperation and against active police intervention."
