The Volokh Conspiracy
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The Volokh Conspiracy is a weblog which mostly covers United States legal and political issues, generally from a libertarian or conservative perspective. Technorati at one time rated this blog the 100th most popular worldwide in 2006, measured by unique links. This group blog has more than a dozen contributors, most of whom are law professors. Each blog entry is signed. The Volokh Conspiracy was recently cited by the New York Times in an article dealing with the paucity of female Supreme Court clerks. More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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90 Law Professors sign letter in opposition to Protect IP Act
The bill, which will allow the government to obtain injunctions against domain names hosting allegedly copyright-infringing or trademark-infringing material, and to have those ...via Rebecca McKinnon -
Eight Things to Know About Yesterday's Sixth Circuit Decision
Sutton’s opinion was no surprise to anyone who was in the courtroom in Cincinnati. Nor would a contrary opinion have been surprising. Sutton was scrupulously critical of ...Posted by Roland F. Hirsch -
The Executive Power Grab in the Decision Not to Defend DOMA
I can understand the intense political pressure on the Obama Administration not to defend DOMA. Presumably Obama and pretty much every significant lawyer in the Obama ...Posted by Jon Mitchell -
Words you can’t say at the Pentagon
(Blog Post) Anyone who paid attention to news coverage after the rampage knows that the Army had plenty of warning about Hasan’s Islamist views. Classmates say that he questioned ...Posted by Roland F. Hirsch -
The Broadening of the Libertarian Movement
With the proliferation of libertarian blogs and other websites on the internet, any high school or college student who has a strong interest in politics is likely to become ...Posted by Roland F. Hirsch -
The Weak Link in Judge Vinson’s Opinion Striking Down the Mandate
(Blog Post) To understand Vinson’s argument, you need to realize that conservatives and libertarians have been complaining for many decades that Commerce Clause doctrine has left ...Posted by Jon Mitchell -
Today’s Florida District Court Ruling Striking Down the Obamacare Individual Mandate
(Blog Post) Today’s Florida district court ruling that the individual mandate is unconstitutional is by far the best court opinion on this issue so far. Judge Roger Vinson provides a ...Posted by Roland F. Hirsch -
» The Significant Error in Judge Hudson’s Opinion
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So Much For the Commerce Clause Challenge to Individual Mandate Being "Frivolous"
Remember when the Commerce Clause challenge to the individual insurance mandate was dismissed by all serious and knowledgeable constitutional law professors and Nancy Pelosi ...Posted by Roland F. Hirsch -
Michael Bellesiles’s Newest Tale
(Blog Post) If I had to guess, I would suspect that the story Bellesiles told in the Chronicle is mostly true; after all, it would be too easy for the Chronicle or Bellesiles’s ...Posted by Roland F. Hirsch
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