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Supreme Court Will Consider Excessive Fines Clause Asset Forfeiture Case

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

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Trump Plans to Impose New Illegal Tariffs on Canada

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

20.07.2026 4

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Contradictions of Socialist Prison Abolitionism

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

20.07.2026 3

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"Red Sox Spirit" and Constitutional Theory

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

19.07.2026 5

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The "Free Market" is More Popular than "Capitalism"

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

18.07.2026 3

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Trump's Harmful and Unjust New Restrictions on Foreign Students

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

18.07.2026 1

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Trump's Pernicious Threat to Impose Tariffs on Canada in Response to Wildfires

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

18.07.2026 6

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My New Boston Globe Article on Trump's Bogus Election Fraud Claims

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

17.07.2026 4

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Trump big lie isn’t about 2020

Trump big lie isn’t about 2020

He’s targeting the midterms.

17.07.2026 3

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My New Jotwell Review of Anna Law's Book "Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship"

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

17.07.2026 6

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Reviews of "House of the Dragon" and "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms"

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

14.07.2026 9

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Tariff Refund Update

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

13.07.2026 7

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Sixteen Fun Facts About Me

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

08.07.2026 8

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Video of National Constitution Center Conference on "2026 Supreme Court Review: Key Decisions, Executive Power, Civil Discourse"

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

08.07.2026 8

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FIRE Files Lawsuit Against ICE Violations of the First Amendment

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

07.07.2026 10

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Writings on the Declaration of Independence and the Meaning of the American Revolution

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

04.07.2026 10

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Responding to the "Birth Tourism" Objection to Birthright Citizenship

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

02.07.2026 10

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How the US Has - Mostly - Avoided the Dark Side of the World Cup

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

02.07.2026 10

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Videos of Media Interviews on the Birthright Citizenship Decision

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

30.06.2026 10

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Can the Supreme Court Slaughter Slaughter Without Cooking Cook?

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

29.06.2026 20

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Can Trump v. Slaughter be Used to Challenge the Continued Legality of Executive Agencies Congress Intended to be Independent?

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

29.06.2026 20

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Federalist Society Courthouse Steps Podcast on Pung v. Isabella County Takings Case

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

27.06.2026 10

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Cato Institute Podcast on Possible "Abundance Alliance" Between Libertarians and Abundance Liberals

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

26.06.2026 10

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The Supreme Court's Badly Flawed Ruling in the Haiti TPS Case

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

25.06.2026 10

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Guns, Property Rights, and the Second Amendment

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

25.06.2026 10

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Fair Market Value Compensation for Takings is Often too Little, not too Much

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

23.06.2026 10

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Supreme Court Issues Terrible Takings Decision in Pung v. Isabella County

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23.06.2026 10

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Federal Court Strikes Down Immigration-Related Subpoenas of Minnesota Officials on Anti-Commandeering Grounds

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

22.06.2026 10

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My Grandfather's Account of the Early Days of Germany's Attack on the Soviet Union in World War II

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

22.06.2026 10

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Compendium of Writings About Birthright Citizenship

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

22.06.2026 10

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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...

19.06.2026 10

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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...

18.06.2026 10

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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 10

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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 20

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

13.02.2026 150

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

12.02.2026 20

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

10.02.2026 20

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Immigration Massively Reduces Budget Deficits

09.02.2026 30

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

09.02.2026 20

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Does the ICE Crackdown in Minnesota Violate the Tenth Amendment?

03.02.2026 30

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Updated Version of My Article "Immigration is Not Invasion"

03.02.2026 30

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

31.01.2026 30

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The Case Against Deferring to Presidential Invocations of the Insurrection Act

30.01.2026 20

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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 20

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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 50

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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 20

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How to Abolish ICE

18.01.2026 20

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

15.01.2026 40

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