Some Things We Learn From Justice Barrett's New Book

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Today in Supreme Court History: September 19, 1907

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"Pro-Palestine" Groups Rally Behind Man Convicted of Three Violent Antisemitic Attacks in NYC

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Friday Open Thread

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Court Upholds Florida School District's June 2020 Decision to Cancel Food Supply Contract with Farm Whose Owner Viewed as Covid as Hoax

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The Heritage Guide to the Constitution Editorial Process and Editorial Board

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Philadelphia Punished Small Businesses for Opposing Curfew, Say Food Truck Owners

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A Night in Jerusalem

Politics Barry Strauss | 9.19.2025 8:01 AM On a late summer night Jerusalem casts a magic spell. The first day of autumn is less than a week away...

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Review: Girl on Girl Explores the Dark Side of '90s Nostalgia

Culture Emma Camp | From the October 2025 issue In Girl on Girl , Sophie Gilbert of The Atlantic examines cultural artifacts from the 1990s and...

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Donald Trump Is Not a Peace President

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Steven Greenhut

Americans Like Drugs. Killing Drug Traffickers Won't Change That.

War on Drugs Tosin Akintola | 9.19.2025 10:16 AM On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal published an article titled "America Loves Cocaine...

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Tosin Akintola

Would A Subsidy To Encourage Young Men and Women To Marry Be Constitutional?

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J.D. Vance Is Among the Latest Conservatives to Turn Their Backs on Free Speech for Their Political Opponents

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The FCC Chair's Unprecedented, and Constitutionally Problematic, Response to Jimmy Kimmel

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Short Circuit: An Inexhaustive Weekly Compendium of Rulings from the Federal Courts of Appeal

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John Ross

Judge Strikes Trump's Complaint in Libel Lawsuit Against N.Y. Times

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Sealing and Malawi

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The First Liberty Institute Is A Defender Of The Jewish People

Josh Blackman | 9.19.2025 11:02 AM The fallout from Rebecca Taibleson's nomination continues. I was very critical of an attack from a particular...

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Video of Education Law and Policy Panel on "Federal Efforts to Combat Antisemitism: Restoring Campus Civil Rights or Infringing Academic Freedom?"

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The U.N. Pullout

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Review: A Documentary Portrait of Inmates Who Quilt

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Judge to Mangione Prosecutors: Not All Political Murder Is Legally 'Terrorism'

Criminal Justice Jacob R. Swartz | 9.19.2025 11:15 AM A New York judge on Tuesday dismissed two charges of terrorism against Luigi Mangione, the...

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See The Entire Constitution At The National Archives

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Would Jimmy Kimmel Have Standing To Bring a Jawboning Claim Under Murthy?

Josh Blackman | 9.18.2025 10:13 PM Eugene has written a few posts about how the Jimmy Kimmel incident would be analyzed under NRA v. Vullo. I think...

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Brickbat: Look Away

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Jimmy Kimmel, the NRA, and the First Amendment

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 9.18.2025 2:06 PM ABC is free to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's show for whatever reason it wants to (at least unless there's...

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"Trump's FCC Head Went Too Far When He Threatened Disney over Jimmy Kimmel's Charlie Kirk-Related Comments"

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David Cole Said It Would Be Like This: The ACLU's Smart Move in Representing the NRA in NRA v. Vullo

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Brendan Carr Flagrantly Abused His Powers To Cancel Jimmy Kimmel

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The Trump Administration Misses Key Deadlines for Imposing Restrictions on Gain-of-Function Research

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Trump Is Embracing 'Daddy State' Economics

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What Does It Mean for Trump To Designate Antifa a 'Terrorist Organization'?

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Accused Buffalo Mass Shooter's Speech Wasn't "Incitement" Under First Amendment Rules

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The FCC Should Let Jimmy Kimmel Be

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May Aliens Be Deported for Praising Assassination of American Political Advocates?

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Video: Introducing the Third Edition of "The Heritage Guide to the Constitution"

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Ruth Shalit Barrett's Defamation Lawsuit Against The Atlantic Settled for $1M

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Did You Ask the FCC If You Can Make That Joke?

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Trump's 'Firing' of Lisa Cook Is Headed for SCOTUS

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Freddie deBoer: Charlie Kirk's Murder Reveals a Cultural Sickness

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"Using History to Help Settle the Question of Presidential Tariff Powers" (Philip Zelikow)

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The Federal Reserve Cuts Rates With Inflation Still Hot. Is Political Pressure Winning?

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Donald Trump Is Not a Peace President

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Would A Subsidy To Encourage Young Men and Women To Marry Be Constitutional?

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J.D. Vance Is Among the Latest Conservatives to Turn Their Backs on Free Speech for Their Political Opponents

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The FCC Chair's Unprecedented, and Constitutionally Problematic, Response to Jimmy Kimmel

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Short Circuit: An Inexhaustive Weekly Compendium of Rulings from the Federal Courts of Appeal

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Judge Strikes Trump's Complaint in Libel Lawsuit Against N.Y. Times

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The First Liberty Institute Is A Defender Of The Jewish People

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The U.N. Pullout

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Review: A Documentary Portrait of Inmates Who Quilt

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See The Entire Constitution At The National Archives

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Would Jimmy Kimmel Have Standing To Bring a Jawboning Claim Under Murthy?

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Brickbat: Look Away

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Jimmy Kimmel, the NRA, and the First Amendment

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"Trump's FCC Head Went Too Far When He Threatened Disney over Jimmy Kimmel's Charlie Kirk-Related Comments"

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David Cole Said It Would Be Like This: The ACLU's Smart Move in Representing the NRA in NRA v. Vullo

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Brendan Carr Flagrantly Abused His Powers To Cancel Jimmy Kimmel

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The Trump Administration Misses Key Deadlines for Imposing Restrictions on Gain-of-Function Research

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Trump Is Embracing 'Daddy State' Economics

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What Does It Mean for Trump To Designate Antifa a 'Terrorist Organization'?

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Accused Buffalo Mass Shooter's Speech Wasn't "Incitement" Under First Amendment Rules

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The FCC Should Let Jimmy Kimmel Be

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May Aliens Be Deported for Praising Assassination of American Political Advocates?

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Video: Introducing the Third Edition of "The Heritage Guide to the Constitution"

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Ruth Shalit Barrett's Defamation Lawsuit Against The Atlantic Settled for $1M

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Today in Supreme Court History: September 18, 1857

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