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Judicial Ethics

Brazilian protestors | Allison Sales/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom

Brazil

Brazil's Rogue Court Is Receiving Global Blowback

Brazil’s judiciary has abandoned neutrality, with sweeping crackdowns on speech and political rivals. A U.S. tariff response signals the crisis has gone international.

Anne Dias | 7.17.2025 12:12 PM

Free Speech

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.

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 5.30.2025 8:28 AM

Judicial Ethics

Former Democratic Socialist Houston Judge Franklin Bynum Reprimanded by Texas Judicial Disciplinary Board, for …

what the board finds to be willful violations of the law, bias against domestic violence victims, and, among other things, having "selfie while wearing a 'Defund Police' t-shirt ... on his Twitter feed."

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.2.2025 8:01 AM

Supreme Court

Kannon Shanmugam on the Legitimacy of the Supreme Court

A prominent appellate practitioner responds to recent attacks on the justices and the Court.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.23.2024 3:07 PM

Supreme Court

A Critique of Justice Kagan's Supreme Court Ethics Reform Proposal

Could a panel of lower court judges evaluate ethics complaints against Supreme Court justices?

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.20.2024 12:10 PM

Legal Ethics

"The Amended Complaint Alleges a Sprawling Tapestry of Ethical Lapses by Major Players in the Nation's Bankruptcy System"

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 8.21.2024 9:38 AM

Peter Suderman face next to Kamala Harris speaking in background | Lex Villena; Jerome Hicks/ZUMA Press/Newscom

Media Criticism

What Kamala Harris' Coronation Says About the Democratic Party

Plus: A listener asks the editors about Project 2025.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 7.29.2024 6:26 PM

Supreme Court

"Wall Slammer" Kagan Seems to Endorse Ethics Code Enforcement at Supreme Court

Candid end of term comments from one of the Court's progressive justices.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.25.2024 10:22 PM

Judiciary

Will an Ohio Judge Lose His Law License?

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel comes for the "censorious" Judge Tim Grendell

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.24.2024 10:05 AM

Guns

Arkansas S. Ct. Formally Admonishes Judge Whose Order Characterized S. Ct.'s Opinion as "LOCO"

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 5.31.2024 9:03 PM

Justice Samuel Alito | Eric Lee - Pool via CNP/picture alliance / Consolidated News Photos/Newscom

Supreme Court

Samuel Alito Was Foolish To Sell His Bud Light Stock

The conservative culture war boycott against Bud Light was actually a great time to buy stock in a successful company, even if you don't like Bud Light.

Eric Boehm | 5.21.2024 3:00 PM

zumaamericasthirtysix820202 | Bryan Olin Dozier/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Supreme Court

Delegitimizing the Supreme Court

Plus: A look back at Rochelle Walensky's tenure as head of the CDC

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 5.8.2023 4:14 PM

Supreme Court

Did Nina Totenberg Have a Conflict of Interest in Covering Justice Ginsburg?

Based upon Totenberg's new book, a prominent legal ethicist thinks the conflict was a real one.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.21.2022 1:53 PM

Libel

Recusal and a Spouse's Long-Past Employment (Including as a Lawyer)

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 8.9.2022 3:29 PM

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