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Eugene Volokh

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2026-10-06 · assertive framing · The "Application for an Extension and the Querulous Opposition Continue the Path of Bikeshedding or … Parkinson's Law of Triviality"

🔮 And, if the decision endures, it will likely be followed by many other such decisions.

2026-10-06 · assertive framing · Amicus Brief Asking Court to Consider Lawyers' Free Speech Rights, in Eastman v. State Bar

🔮 Since 2020, the Department has also collected the names of individual foreign donors while stating that it would not publish them.

2026-10-03 · assertive framing · Judge Temporarily Blocks Dep't of Education Release of Names of Individual Foreign Donors to U.S. Colleges

🔮 When officers told him he would need to move, Geri refused and threatened to throw one of his explosive devices into the street to demonstrate its destructive power.

2026-10-02 · mixed framing · Red Mass Explosive Man Asked S. Ct. to "Remove Arizona from the United States" and "Declare It a 'Foreign Enemy'"

🔮 Here's an excerpt from the discussion of why Matar was acting sufficiently under the direction of a foreign terrorist organization (which is required under the relevant federal statute) rather than just independently—if he had been acting independently, that would have still been attempted murder punishable under state law, but likely not a violation of these statutes:

2026-10-02 · assertive framing · Salman Rushdie Attempted Murder Case: Court Upholds Jury Verdict …

🔮 Because in the late 1800s, "race" was understood to include what today might refer to "ethnicity" (e.g., German, Arab, Jewish), the Court concluded that § 1981 extends to such discrimination based on ethnicity.

2026-10-02 · mixed framing · Jews and Discrimination Based on Religion or Based on Ethnicity?

🔮 Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent From yesterday's Blackman v. Substack, Inc., by California Court of Appeal Justices Tracie Brown and Danny Chou and Marin County Judge Andrew Sweet: "'[I]f a newspaper lawfully obtains truthful information about a matter of public significance then state officials may not constitutionally punish publication of the information, absent a need to further a state interest of the highest order.'"

2026-09-30 · assertive framing · Journalist's Publishing Information About Sealed Arrest Protected by First Amendment

🔮 On June 7th of 2020, while Stephanie Rapkin was sleeping in her bed, members of the Shorewood and Whitefish Bay police departments were outside her home, trying to think of an excuse to enter, so they could arrest her on allegations that she pushed a protestor picketing outside of her home.

2026-09-29 · assertive framing · Lawyers Shouldn't Spit in Protesters' Faces (and Police Generally Shouldn't Kick in Doors Without Warrants)

🔮 I mean, I could list off all kinds of examples, but we're not here for an art history lesson.

2026-09-28 · assertive framing · ALJ Recommends Dismissing Administrative Charges Against Florida Teacher for Kirk-Related and Trump-Related Posts

🔮 On August 21, 2024—the same day that StopAntisemitism shared its feature on plaintiff—Valley Catholic informed plaintiff that it would not be renewing her contract for the 2024-2025 school year….

2026-09-26 · assertive framing · Music Teacher's Defamation Lawsuit Against StopAntisemitism Thrown Out

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