I’m delighted to report that Prof. Tom Merrill, of Columbia Law School, will be guest-blogging this week on West Virginia v. EPA, potentially one of the most important regulatory decisions by the Supreme Court in years. In West Virginia, the Court holds that administrative agencies lack authority to render decisions of major economic and political […]

One of the many interesting items from today’s post by Prof. Victor Mair (Language Log), quoting an article in China Digital Times: A crackdown on “typos” used to spread “illegal and harmful information”… have illustrated the further narrowing of online speech in China ahead of the upcoming 20th Party Congress expected this fall. The post […]

My book on racial classification’s official publication date was Tuesday, and it’s already garnered several reviews and I have appeared on a bunch of podcasts. So if you want to listen in on what all the cool kids are talking about… Reviews Review by Goldwater Institute President Tim Sandefur for the Objective Standard  Review by […]

A new song by Belarusian musician Max Korzh—in Russian but with pretty accurate English subtitles—with over 1.7M views on YouTube and Instagram since July 15; I take it that it’s addressed to other Russians and Belarusians. The song’s title is “protect her,” and the “her” refers to one’s soul (as in the lines that I […]

It’s Eugene Volokh, The Law of Pseudonymous Litigation, 73 Hastings L.J. 1353 (2022); I hope it’s a useful resource for judges, lawyers, professors, students, and even pro se litigants. I’ve tried to make it both analytical (setting forth in detail the key policy arguments and the key internal doctrinal structures) and descriptive (citing decisions from […]

I don’t agree with everything in the AP Stylebook, but I think this guidance is sound (and I think it’s generally useful for prominent media organizations to offer such suggestions to writers): The Stylebook’s weapons entry offers guidance on terms including semi-automatic rifle, assault rifle, assault weapon, military-style rifle and modern sporting rifle. pic.twitter.com/RvNrZp1lu2 — […]

Any recommendations for TV series? Please post them here. There’ll be later posts asking for suggestions about stand-alone movies, books, and the like, so please focus here just on TV series. My wife and I just finished the first season of Slow Horses, which we thought was fun but not great. But we very much liked […]