Just published as part of the “Non-Governmental Restrictions on Free Speech” symposium; the abstract (the article, 2 J. Free Speech L. 87 (2022), is here): Responsible speakers avoid trafficking in bad speech, that is, speech that they have reason to believe causes or constitutes net harm. Moreover, third parties have prima facie reason to suppress […]
Category: Conspiracy Theories
Vladimir v. Vladimir
The leaders of the two antagonists in the Russia-Ukrainian war share the same name, albeit with some differences to account for the different languages (Volodymyr / Vladimir). If you prefer, you can say that each name is the commonly accepted translation of the other. In what other wars can the same be said of the […]
Judge Plans to Block California Fee-Shifting Statute That Targets Gun Lawsuit Plaintiffs (and Lawyers)
From AP (Julie Watson): U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez said he plans to issue an injunction because the law would force people who challenge any of California’s famously restrictive gun laws to pay the government’s legal fees if they lose. Benitez said this would have a “chilling effect” on the public’s right to challenge […]
100+ Supreme Court Cases Everyone Should Know
On Friday at 3:00 ET, the Federalist Society will host a webinar about our new book, An Introduction to Constitutional Law: 100+ Supreme Court Cases Everyone Should Know. We will talk about the new edition of the paperback, as well as the newly-released hardcover coffee table book. We will also debut our new videos for Dobbs […]
A Holiday Present for Your Friendly Neighborhood Volokh Conspirators
Ilya has already done his annual post on Conspirator-authored books you can give your friends and loved ones as holiday gifts. Allow me to make an additional suggestion. If you appreciate our blogging and have benefited from reading one of your books, why not ask your local library, especially if it’s a university library, to […]
Exclusive Interview with Tinder Swindler Victim Cecilie Fjellhøy (Part 2)
The sixteenth episode (Apple Podcasts link here and Spotify link here) of Strangers on the Internet with co-host and psychologist Michelle Lange is part 2 of our exclusive interview with Tinder Swindler star victim Cecilie Fjellhøy. If you missed the previous episode, part 1 is available here. Find out what fraudster Simon Leviev is up to these days (spoiler: it involves additional alleged […]
A Book Recommendation from Me (and Many from My Colleagues)
A faculty tradition at the University of Chicago is recommending various books that we recently read and recommend. (Usually these are recent books, but this year my colleague Martha Nussbaum also recommended Moby Dick, remarking that “[i]t is definitely a book people need to read today, when we have hunted some species of whales to […]
Retraction as to Steve Calabresi and Ed Whelan on the Independent State Legislature Theory
Steve Calabresi writes: In my post yesterday, I was under the mistaken impression that Ed Whalen had bought into the radical “Independent State Legislature Theory” that the North Carolina State Legislature was arguing for yesterday in the U.S. Supreme Court. This is also a theory that former President Donald Trump falsely claimed meant that the […]
“Free Speech, Wokeness, And Cancel Culture In The Legal Profession”
A very interesting interview by David Lat (Original Jurisdiction) with Judges Lisa Branch and James Ho; here’s Lat’s summary: Last week, I made my way up to Yale University for an event sponsored by the William F. Buckley Jr. Program, “Is Free Speech Dead On Campus?” It featured Judges James Ho (5th Cir.) and Lisa Branch (11th […]
A Reminder That the New York Supreme Court Is the Trial Court
From NBC News’ article, Herschel Walker’s Loss Is Just More Bad News for Trump: Two Trump companies were found guilty of criminal tax fraud in New York’s highest court Tuesday. The verdict did happen in the Supreme Court in New York, but that’s not the highest court in New York; rather, it’s a trial court. Above that […]