The Volokh Conspiracy

Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent

Volokh Conspiracy

"Joe Biden Just Called a Woman at One of His Events a 'Lying, Dog-Faced Pony Soldier.' What?"

|The Volokh Conspiracy |


My question exactly, and Slate (Matthew Dessem) has what might well be the answer, though it still draws a blank on "dog-faced." (Rattlesnake-tongued might be seen as referring to lying, perhaps because of the forked tongue, but dog faces seem pretty honest to me.)

Eugene Volokh is the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA and a Visiting Fellow (Senior Fellow starting May 2024) at the Hoover Institution (Stanford). Naturally, his posts here (like the opinions of the other bloggers) are his own, and not endorsed by any educational institution.