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Second Amendment Roundup: Rug Pulled Out from under Antonyuk

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Stephen Halbrook

Review: Dracula: A Love Tale Casts the Title Character as a Trad Religious Hero

yesterday 10

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Jack Nicastro

Today in Supreme Court History: October 10, 2012

yesterday 10

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Josh Blackman

FBI Spied on Republican Lawmakers Using Surveillance Powers Many Supported

yesterday 20

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J.d. Tuccille

Friday Open Thread

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Eugene Volokh

Brickbat: Justice Delayed

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Charles Oliver

Review: Lena Dunham's New Show Is a Rom-Com for the TikTok Era

yesterday 1

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Emma Camp

Deploying Troops to American Cities Is an Assault on the Constitution

yesterday 1

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Steven Greenhut

Are We Dating the Same Vexatious Litigator Whose Filings Cite Nonexistent Cases?

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Eugene Volokh

Turning Point USA Chapter at Univ. of Tennessee (Chattanooga) Approved, Despite Student Government Opposition

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Eugene Volokh

School Allowed to Fire Teacher Whose Criticisms of School Policy Led to "Disruptive" Criticism and Insults from Public

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Eugene Volokh

A Discussion of "Campus Free Speech After October 7" at NYU

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Jonathan H. Adler

Ceasefire Working

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Liz Wolfe

Tennessee Man Arrested, Gets $2 Million Bond for Posting Facebook Meme

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Joe Lancaster

Tron: Ares Is a Bad Movie, but a Great Nine Inch Nails Music Video 

yesterday 0

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Peter Suderman

Venezuela's María Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize for Standing Up to Socialism

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César Báez

White House Proposal To Withhold Back Pay From Federal Workers Is More Rhetoric Than Reform

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Jacob R. Swartz

Original Zyn: FDA Failures Allow Fake Nicotine Pouches To Flood U.S. Market

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Sofia Hamilton

Bari Weiss Is Powerful, Establishment Media Is Not

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Robby Soave

N.Y. Federal Court Upholds "Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act"

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Eugene Volokh

D.C. Will Arrest This CEO if His Rideshare Alternative Doesn't Shut Down by Friday

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Jack Nicastro

The Line Between Conduct and Speech, Between Treatment and Non-Treatment

Josh Blackman | 10.8.2025 9:35 PM On Tuesday, the Court heard oral argument in  Chiles v. Salazar . This case considers the constitutionality of...

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Josh Blackman

Justice Kennedy on Originalism and Bush v. Gore

Anthony Kennedy Jonathan H. Adler | 10.8.2025 11:20 PM In advance of the release of his memoir,  Life, Law & Liberty , retired Justice Anthony...

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Jonathan H. Adler

Second Amendment Roundup: Antonyuk's and Koons' Historical Feet of Clay

Stephen Halbrook | 10.8.2025 9:58 PM After a long delay (see post here), on September 10 the Third Circuit finally reached a decision in Koons v....

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Stephen Halbrook

Louisiana Act of Terror Claim Can Go Forward Based on Alleged Violent Attack on Pro-Israel Demonstration

Eugene Volokh | 10.9.2025 10:53 AM From Judge Jane Triche Milazzo's decision yesterday in Mann v. Quraan (E.D. La.); recall that the factual...

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Eugene Volokh

Judge Rejects Drake's Defamation + Harassment Lawsuit Over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Diss Track

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Eugene Volokh

Brickbat: Wrong Way

Brickbat: Wrong Way

Public schools Charles Oliver | 10.9.2025 4:00 AM A substitute school van driver for Pennsylvania's West Shore School District got lost multiple...

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Charles Oliver

The Fourth Amendment and the "Instinctive" Drug Detection Dog

Orin S. Kerr | 10.9.2025 4:17 AM Lower courts are divided on the Fourth Amendment implications of a drug detection dog that jumps into a car on its...

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Orin S. Kerr

2 Controversies Over Political Rhetoric Illustrate the Perils of Blaming Gun Control Critics for Murder

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Jacob Sullum

The 14th Annual Harlan Institute Virtual Supreme Court Competition: Patriots v. Loyalists

Politics Josh Blackman | 10.9.2025 8:30 AM The Harlan Institute is pleased to announce the Fourteenth Annual Virtual Supreme Court Competition....

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Josh Blackman

Today in Supreme Court History: October 9, 1954

Today in Supreme Court History: October 9, 1954
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Josh Blackman

What the Democrats Are Doing Right Now Won't Lower Health Care Costs—but Here's What Actually Would

What the Democrats Are Doing Right Now Won't Lower Health Care Costs—but Here's What Actually Would

Health Care Veronique de Rugy | 10.9.2025 3:12 PM At the heart of the budget standoff that has the government shut down is Democrats' insistence on...

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Veronique De Rugy

Is the War Over?

Is the War Over?

Israel Liz Wolfe | 10.9.2025 9:30 AM All hostages will be returned: This week marked two years since the October 7 terrorist attack in which Hamas...

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Liz Wolfe

Texas Court Blocks Execution of Robert Roberson in Landmark 'Shaken Baby' Case

Texas Court Blocks Execution of Robert Roberson in Landmark 'Shaken Baby' Case

Criminal Justice C.J. Ciaramella | 10.9.2025 12:58 PM Texas' highest criminal court has stayed the execution of Robert Roberson, a death row inmate...

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C.j. Ciaramella

Rep. Chip Roy on Spending, Immigration, and the American Dream

Rep. Chip Roy on Spending, Immigration, and the American Dream

Congress Nick Gillespie | From the November 2025 issue Rep. Chip Roy (R–Texas), who recently announced that he is running to replace Ken Paxton as...

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Nick Gillespie

What Changed Over the Past Seven Months of War in the Middle East?

What Changed Over the Past Seven Months of War in the Middle East?

Foreign Policy Matthew Petti | 10.9.2025 2:00 PM When Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire in January 2025, on the last day of the Biden...

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Matthew Petti

Amy Coney Barrett Is Right To Reject 'Common Good Constitutionalism'

Amy Coney Barrett Is Right To Reject 'Common Good Constitutionalism'

Supreme Court Damon Root | 10.9.2025 7:00 AM Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has been out on tour lately promoting her interesting yet...

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Damon Root

'Louisiana Lockup' Detention Center Is Punishing Immigrants for the Same Crime Twice, New Lawsuit Says

'Louisiana Lockup' Detention Center Is Punishing Immigrants for the Same Crime Twice, New Lawsuit Says

Immigration Autumn Billings | 10.9.2025 2:20 PM The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit on Monday, accusing Louisiana's new...

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Autumn Billings

What's Really at Stake in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia Case?

What's Really at Stake in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia Case?

Immigration Mike Fox | 10.9.2025 1:42 PM Thanks to a Supreme Court that has blessed anything short of physical torture, prosecutors have more...

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Mike Fox

The Constitution Does Not Allow the President To Unilaterally Blow Suspected Drug Smugglers to Smithereens

The Constitution Does Not Allow the President To Unilaterally Blow Suspected Drug Smugglers to Smithereens

National Security Rand Paul | 10.8.2025 5:54 PM Somewhere off the coast of Venezuela, a speedboat with 11 people on board is blown to smithereens....

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Rand Paul

States Are Banning Retail Sales of Dogs and Cats. It's Doing More Harm Than Good.

Pets John Stossel | 10.8.2025 2:50 PM When Mike Ricci wanted to buy his daughter a puppy, he discovered that in his state, "There were pet stores...

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John Stossel

Supreme Court Declines To Address Section 230 in Two Cases for This Term

Supreme Court Declines To Address Section 230 in Two Cases for This Term

Supreme Court Joe Lancaster | 10.8.2025 2:30 PM The U.S. Supreme Court's new term began this week. In addition to the cases the court announced it...

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Joe Lancaster

Wednesday Open Thread

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Eugene Volokh

Becoming Justice Barrett

Becoming Justice Barrett

Josh Blackman | 10.7.2025 11:25 PM Justice Barrett's new book is not a memoir. Though she sprinkles the book with some anecdotes about her family, ...

wednesday 10

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Josh Blackman

Oregon's E-Cigarette Censorship Is Unconstitutional—and Makes No Sense

Oregon's E-Cigarette Censorship Is Unconstitutional—and Makes No Sense

Free Speech Jacob Sullum | 10.8.2025 12:01 AM In the stock room at Division Vapor in Portland, Oregon, a sign affixed to a metal rack holding...

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Jacob Sullum

Brickbat: The Chicago Code

Brickbat: The Chicago Code

Police Abuse Charles Oliver | 10.8.2025 4:00 AM The Chicago City Council unanimously approved a $90 million settlement to resolve 176 lawsuits...

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Charles Oliver

Bullhorn Siren Protest at County Commission Meeting Was Crime of "Disrupting a Lawful Meeting"

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 10.8.2025 8:01 AM From State v. Every , decided by the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals yesterday, in an opinion by...

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Eugene Volokh

As The Roberts Court Turns 20, The Originalist Revolution Turns 40

Politics Josh Blackman | 10.8.2025 8:31 AM I published a new Op-Ed wit my Heritage Guide co-editor John Malcolm in the Washington Times. We explain...

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Josh Blackman

Today in Supreme Court History: October 8, 1888

Today in Supreme Court History: October 8, 1888
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Josh Blackman

Trump's Labor Department Admits That Trump's Immigration Crackdown Is Causing a Shortage of Farm Workers

Trump's Labor Department Admits That Trump's Immigration Crackdown Is Causing a Shortage of Farm Workers

Immigration Eric Boehm | 10.8.2025 1:00 PM The Trump administration's immigration crackdown is making it harder for American farms to find seasonal...

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Eric Boehm