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Writings on Juneteenth and its Significance for American Liberty

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Supreme Court Rules Government Cannot Bar Marijuana Users From Owning Guns

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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1776 All-Stars: Why George Mason Is Extremely Underrated

Politics 1776 All-Stars: Why George Mason Is Extremely Underrated I'm not saying that just because I teach at the university named...

16.06.2026 5

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Trump’s new tariffs are another dangerous presidential power grab

Trump has tried to reconstitute his tariff power by reinstating most of his sweeping tariffs using a 1974 law. If allowed to stand, this would...

24.02.2026 10

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Lessons of the End of Trump's ICE "Surge" in Minnesota

13.02.2026 100

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Oral Testimony at the House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on the "Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act"

12.02.2026 10

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My House Judiciary Subcommittee Testimony Against the "Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act"

10.02.2026 10

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Immigration Massively Reduces Budget Deficits

09.02.2026 20

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Donald Trump Makes the Case for Decentralized Control of Elections Great Again

09.02.2026 10

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Does the ICE Crackdown in Minnesota Violate the Tenth Amendment?

03.02.2026 10

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Updated Version of My Article "Immigration is Not Invasion"

03.02.2026 10

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My New Lawfare Article on "Minnesota's Compelling Tenth Amendment Case Against Trump's ICE Surge"

31.01.2026 20

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The Case Against Deferring to Presidential Invocations of the Insurrection Act

30.01.2026 10

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More Historical Evidence Showing that the Public Use Clause of the Fifth Amendment Does Not Allow Takings that Transfer Property to Private Parties

28.01.2026 10

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Could the President Invoke the Alien Enemies Act in Response to the "British Invasion" of Rock Stars Like the Beatles?

24.01.2026 40

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Buckley v. Valeo is Not What Ails American Democracy

22.01.2026 20

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Trump's Plan to Seize Greenland is Simultaneously Evil, Illegal, and Counterproductive

18.01.2026 10

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How to Abolish ICE

18.01.2026 10

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Trump's Unconstitutional Plan to Withhold all Federal Funding From Sanctuary Cities and States

15.01.2026 30

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What Kind of Immunity for ICE Agents?

10.01.2026 10

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Barring Institutional Investors From Buying Homes Won't Make Housing More Affordable - and Would Likely Make Things Worse

08.01.2026 20

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Upcoming Speaking Engagements

07.01.2026 10

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Chief Justice Roberts on the Declaration of Independence

06.01.2026 10

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Revised and Updated Version of My Article "Immigration is Not Invasion"

05.01.2026 10

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Thoughts on the Capture of Maduro and Trump's Attack on Venezuela

03.01.2026 30

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Cato Institute Looking to Hire an Executive Power Scholar

31.12.2025 10

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Yale Journal on Regulation Symposium on the 20th Anniversary of Kelo v. City of New London

31.12.2025 50

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Reflections on a Visit to Israel

30.12.2025 10

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Thoughts on the Supreme Court Ruling Against Trump in the Illinois National Guard Case

25.12.2025 10

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Lessons of the Heritage Foundation's Implosion

24.12.2025 20

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Why the Economic Impact of Immigration Restrictions is Similar to that of Racial Discrimination and Apartheid

24.12.2025 30

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Trump's Cruel and Illegal Expanded Travel Ban

20.12.2025 10

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Trump Administration Drops Effort to Deport Chinese Dissident Guan Heng to Uganda

20.12.2025 30

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Brennan Center Symposium on "2025's Most Significant State Constitutional Cases"

18.12.2025 10

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George Mason University Scalia Law School Dean Search

18.12.2025 10

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Trump's Attempt to Deport Chinese Dissident Guan Heng is Part of an Awful Pattern

18.12.2025 10

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Happy Saturnalia

18.12.2025 20

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Reflections on Lecturing in Mexico

14.12.2025 10

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My New UnPopulist Article on How Nationalism is Driving the Growth of anti-Semitism on the Right

10.12.2025 40

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Our Amicus Brief in the Pung v. Isabella County Home Equity Theft Takings Case

09.12.2025 10

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Non-Paywalled Version of My Washington Examiner Article on "Foot Voting, Housing, and Affordability"

09.12.2025 20

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Philip Hamburger on "The Importance of Granting Cert in Canna Provisions v. Bondi"

06.12.2025 10

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My New Washington Examiner Article on "Foot Voting, Housing, and Affordability"

05.12.2025 10

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The Supreme Court Should Hear Case Seeking to Overturn Gonzales v. Raich

05.12.2025 60

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Trump's Unjust and Counterproductive Collective Punishment of Afghan Migrants

28.11.2025 40

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Upcoming Speaking Engagements in Mexico and Israel

25.11.2025 30

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Gordon Wood on America as a "Creedal Nation" Open to all Races and Ethnicities

23.11.2025 20

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Covid Beach Closures, the Takings Clause, and the Police Power Exception

22.11.2025 30

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Trump's Shameful Attempt to Reprise the Munich Agreement With Ukraine - and What to do About it

22.11.2025 10

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