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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"Employees Actually Do Not Have the Right to Believe That LGBTQ Rights Are 'Immoral'"
The Ninth Circuit allows a religious discrimination claim against Alaska Airlines to go forward, based on its firing of Christian flight attendants who objected on a company-run intranet to the company's statement in favor of a federal ban on sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination.
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Kansas Proxy Advisory Transparency Act Likely Violates First Amendment
Its distinction between a voting recommendation "that aligns with the views of company management" and one that "recommends a vote against company management" is unconstitutionally viewpoint-based, a court holds.
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Independent Journalist's Lawsuit Against West Texas County Can Go Forward, Recommends Magistrate Judge
The case is mostly about photography restrictions and false arrest, but the defendants also allegedly "discussed playing Disney music during public meetings to prevent Flash—through copyright restrictions—from monetizing his recordings."
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Man Denied N.J. Gun Permit, Largely Based on Mental Health Records + Social Media Posts
"Petitioner's testimony confirmed his 2017 confrontation with his parents, he had authored the Reddit posts, and he had publicly uttered racial slurs and had made statements about raping women."
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Pennsylvania S. Ct. Finds Pattern of "Lack of Candor" in Philadelphia D.A. Krasner's Filings Urging Reversal of Murder Convictions
It therefore concludes (exercising its supervisory power over Pennsylvania state court proceedings) that the state Attorney General's office must be given a chance to intervene in all such proceedings from Philadelphia.
Shrexting: Free Speech or Criminal Harassment?, on Free Speech Unmuted
Jane and I discuss whether sending a sexually explicit image of Shrek to a politician can constitute criminal harassment.
Can Employer Fire You for Self-Defense on the Job?
Sometimes no, holds the Colorado Supreme Court.
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Court Rejects Sealing of Summary-Judgment-Related Filings in Trump Media Libel Suit Against Washington Post
"Highlighting the absurdity of the sealing requests, one of the exhibits TMTG seeks to seal is the Post’s 2023 article, which was widely disseminated to the public when it was published and has been on file in the public docket in this case since July 2023."
