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- It’s Not Illegal to Sell Anti-NSA Shirts Bearing the NSA Logo http://www.volokh.com/2013/09/01/illegal-sell-anti-nsa-shirts-bearing-nsa-logo 3 comments
- Orin Kerr gives a good rundown of the actual legal issues in the "enema case" that has been making news http://www.volokh.com/2013/11/07/thoughts-eckert-v-city-deming/ 36 comments law
- A hypothetical question: can you conspire to be negligent? http://www.volokh.com/2013/10/17/amusingly-inapt-citation-orin-kerr-theory-law/ 5 comments law
- "The future of Internet governance is starting to look more and more worrisome, and that should concern anyone interested in the Net as a platform for free and open global communication. " http://www.volokh.com/2013/10/16/ominous-developments-internet-governance-front/ 54 comments technology
- Surprise! Tor Privacy Technology Mainly Helps Botnets http://www.volokh.com/2013/09/14/surprise-tor-privacy-technology-mainly-helps-botnets/ 3 comments technology
- Court rules Google violated wiretap laws http://www.volokh.com/2013/09/11/ninth-circuit-holds-intercepting-unencrypted-internet-communications-covered-wiretap-act/ 11 comments technology
- District Court Holds That Intentionally Circumventing IP Address Ban Is “Access Without Authorization” Under the CFAA http://www.volokh.com/2013/08/18/district-court-holds-that-intentionally-circumventing-ip-address-block-is-unauthorized-access-under-the-cfaa/ 4 comments technology
- California Law School Claims First Amendment Right Not to Report Bar Passage Rates http://www.volokh.com/2013/08/17/california-law-school-claims-first-amendment-right-not-to-report-bar-passage-rates/ 37 comments law
- The Volokh Conspiracy » Metadata, the NSA, and the Fourth Amendment: A Constitutional Analysis of Collecting and Querying Call Records Databases http://www.volokh.com/2013/07/17/metadata-the-nsa-and-the-fourth-amendment-a-constitutional-analysis-of-collecting-and-querying-call-records-databases/ 9 comments politics
- The Volokh Conspiracy » Metadata, the NSA, and the Fourth Amendment: A Constitutional Analysis of Collecting and Querying Call Records Databases http://www.volokh.com/2013/07/17/metadata-the-nsa-and-the-fourth-amendment-a-constitutional-analysis-of-collecting-and-querying-call-records-databases/ 10 comments law
- A Real Live Third Amendment Case http://www.volokh.com/2013/07/04/a-real-live-third-amendment-case/ 7 comments politics
- Volokh » Constitutional Amendment to Undo Citizens United Would Strip Rights from Corporate-Owned Newspapers, Advocacy Groups, Etc. http://www.volokh.com/2013/06/19/sens-tester-murphys-constitutional-amendment-would-strip-rights-from-corporate-owned-newspapers-advocacy-groups-etc/ 4 comments moderatepolitics
- The Supreme Court's recent ruling in Salinas v. Texas may have removed your right to remain silent http://www.volokh.com/2013/06/17/do-you-have-a-right-to-remain-silent-thoughts-on-the-sleeper-criminal-procedure-case-of-the-term-salinas-v-texas/ 53 comments politics
- Do You Have A Right to Remain Silent? Thoughts on Salinas v. Texas http://www.volokh.com/2013/06/17/do-you-have-a-right-to-remain-silent-thoughts-on-the-sleeper-criminal-procedure-case-of-the-term-salinas-v-texas/ 12 comments law
- Scalia and Breyer have each been consistent in Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, in exactly the opposite way most people expect. http://www.volokh.com/2013/06/03/breyer-and-scalia/ 15 comments law
- Can you plead the Fifth after giving an opening statement to Congress? http://www.volokh.com/2013/05/22/can-a-congressional-witness-deny-guilt-and-then-plead-the-fifth/ 6 comments politics
- “Racist Hate Speech” Conviction in Belgium for Tearing up Koran in Front of a Group of Muslims http://www.volokh.com/2013/04/25/racist-hate-speech-conviction-in-belgium-for-tearing-up-koran-in-front-of-a-group-of-muslims/ 49 comments worldnews
- Volohk Conspiracy Comments on the Door-to-Door Searches in Boston http://www.volokh.com/2013/04/19/house-to-house-searches-and-the-fourth-amendment/ 10 comments law
- The Volokh Conspiracy » United States v. Auernheimer (unauthorized access case) http://www.volokh.com/2013/03/21/united-states-v-auernheimer-and-why-i-am-representing-auernheimer-pro-bono-on-appeal-before-the-third-circuit/ 16 comments law
- Man convicted for posting harsh criticisms of a state judge online http://www.volokh.com/2013/01/22/harshly-criticizing-a-judge-or-others-for-their-past-conduct-crime/ 7 comments law
- A tl;dr analysis of prosecutorial discretion in the Aaron Swartz case. http://www.volokh.com/2013/01/16/the-criminal-charges-against-aaron-swartz-part-2-prosecutorial-discretion/#more-69788 107 comments law
- United States of America v. $35,131.00 in United States Currency http://www.volokh.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/35131.pdf 130 comments law
- Could someone explain why "ignorance of the law" isn't excuse for civilians, but for LEOs it is? Link to ruling inside http://www.volokh.com/2012/12/21/can-a-police-officer-lawfully-pull-over-a-car-for-a-traffic-violation-based-on-an-erroneous-understanding-of-the-traffic-laws/ 65 comments law
- Why Bans on So-Called “Assault Weapons” Are Unlikely to Diminish the Deaths Caused by Mass Shootings http://www.volokh.com/2012/12/18/why-bans-on-so-called-assault-weapons-are-unlikely-to-diminish-the-deaths-caused-by-mass-shootings/ 34 comments politics
- Do Civilians Armed With Guns Ever Capture, Kill, or Otherwise Stop Mass Shooters? http://www.volokh.com/2012/12/14/do-civilians-armed-with-guns-ever-capture-kill-or-otherwise-stop-mass-shooters/ 5 comments politics
- The Latest Victim of European Privacy Law? Privacy Itself http://www.volokh.com/2012/11/11/the-latest-victim-of-european-privacy-law-privacy-itself/ 3 comments worldnews
- SCOTUS Preview: Can Fed Gov't Ignore Its Own Agreements with the States due to Supremacy Clause? http://www.volokh.com/2012/10/02/does-the-supremacy-clause-mean-that-the-federal-government-always-wins/ 4 comments law
- "President Obama accused Mitt Romney of saying Russia is the “biggest geopolitical threat facing America”? According to Politifact, this charge was true. According to FactCheck.org it was false. So each campaign can cite a “neutral” fact-checking organization in defense of their candidate." http://www.volokh.com/2012/10/23/when-fact-checkers-fight/ 3 comments politics
- Ukrainian Bill Banning “Promotion of Homosexuality” Passes First Reading, with 289 Votes (out of 350 Present) http://www.volokh.com/2012/10/03/ukrainian-bill-banning-promotion-of-homosexuality-passes-first-reading-with-289-votes-out-of-350-present/ 31 comments europe
- Ukrainian Bill Banning “Promotion of Homosexuality” Passes First Reading, with 289 Votes (out of 350 Present) http://www.volokh.com/2012/10/03/ukrainian-bill-banning-promotion-of-homosexuality-passes-first-reading-with-289-votes-out-of-350-present/ 108 comments worldnews
- No, the Officer Doesn’t Have to Announce the Offense When He Makes An Arrest http://www.volokh.com/2012/09/26/no-the-officer-doesnt-have-to-tell-you-why-he-is-arresting-you/ 36 comments law
- Too academic maybe: Identifying the Most Important Version of Entick v. Carrington http://www.volokh.com/2012/09/25/legal-history-bleg-identifying-the-most-important-version-of-entick-v-carrington/ 3 comments law
- Inviting A “Stop and Frisk” By Openly Carrying an AK-47 Pistol with a Thirty Round Clip In a Public Park. Appellant comments in the discussion on Volokh. http://www.volokh.com/2012/08/30/unusual-fourth-amendment-second-amendment-case/#disqus_thread 8 comments law
- Federal Judge in Hawaii Rejects Same-Sex Marriage Claim: 'Gay couples may enter civil unions with all the state-based rights and legal protections of marriage, but without the official designation of being “married.” http://www.volokh.com/2012/08/11/federal-judge-in-hawaii-rejects-same-sex-marriage-claim/ 3 comments politics
- Denying building permits to Chik-fil-A on account of the company's position on SSM is a blatant 1st Amendment violation. http://www.volokh.com/2012/07/25/no-building-permits-for-opponent-of-same-sex-marriage/ 26 comments politics
- Law professor responsible for commerce clause challenge to health care reform explains how Chief Justice Roberts neutered the individual mandate http://www.volokh.com/2012/07/06/court-did-not-authorize-economic-mandates-under-the-tax-power/ 43 comments law
- Brian Tamanaha’s “Failing Law Schools” http://www.volokh.com/2012/05/06/brian-tamanahas-failing-law-schools/ 31 comments law
- Dismissal of Lori Drew case is finalized -- criminalizing website TOS violations "affords too much discretion to the police and too little notice to citizens" http://www.volokh.com/posts/1251601962.shtml 3 comments reddit.com
- Does Religious Belief Cause Happiness? http://www.volokh.com/posts/1211577626.shtml 6 comments science
- Free Speech Challenged in Canada: A group of law students file a criminal complaint against a leading Canadian newspaper over articles critical of religious radicalism http://www.volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_12_09-2007_12_15.shtml#1197249553 6 comments politics