The Volokh Conspiracy
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The Volokh Conspiracy is a weblog which mostly covers United States legal and political issues, generally from a libertarian or conservative perspective. Technorati at one time rated this blog the 100th most popular worldwide in 2006, measured by unique links. This group blog has more than a dozen contributors, most of whom are law professors. Each blog entry is signed. The Volokh Conspiracy was recently cited by the New York Times in an article dealing with the paucity of female Supreme Court clerks. More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Was Scalia’s Dissent Originally a Majority Opinion?
Did Roberts originally vote to invalidate the mandate on commerce clause grounds, and to invalidate the Medicaid expansion, and then decide later to accept the tax argument ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Asian-Americans, Affirmative Action, and Fisher v. Texas
Ilya Somin / The Volokh Conspiracy: Asian-Americans, Affirmative Action, and Fisher v. Texas — The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that several Asian-American ...via Memeorandum -
Ninth Circuit Adopts a Narrow Interpretation of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
The Ninth Circuit has just handed down its long-awaited en banc decision in United States v. Nosal, the case I’ve blogged a lot about involving the scope of the Computer ...via Dan Gillmor -
Eight Things to Know About Yesterday's Sixth Circuit Decision
Sutton’s opinion was no surprise to anyone who was in the courtroom in Cincinnati. Nor would a contrary opinion have been surprising. Sutton was scrupulously critical of ...Posted by Roland F. Hirsch -
The Executive Power Grab in the Decision Not to Defend DOMA
I can understand the intense political pressure on the Obama Administration not to defend DOMA. Presumably Obama and pretty much every significant lawyer in the Obama ...Posted by Jon Mitchell -
Words you can’t say at the Pentagon
(Blog Post) Anyone who paid attention to news coverage after the rampage knows that the Army had plenty of warning about Hasan’s Islamist views. Classmates say that he questioned ...Posted by Roland F. Hirsch -
The Broadening of the Libertarian Movement
With the proliferation of libertarian blogs and other websites on the internet, any high school or college student who has a strong interest in politics is likely to become ...Posted by Roland F. Hirsch -
The Weak Link in Judge Vinson’s Opinion Striking Down the Mandate
(Blog Post) To understand Vinson’s argument, you need to realize that conservatives and libertarians have been complaining for many decades that Commerce Clause doctrine has left ...Posted by Jon Mitchell -
Today’s Florida District Court Ruling Striking Down the Obamacare Individual Mandate
(Blog Post) Today’s Florida district court ruling that the individual mandate is unconstitutional is by far the best court opinion on this issue so far. Judge Roger Vinson provides a ...Posted by Roland F. Hirsch -
So Much For the Commerce Clause Challenge to Individual Mandate Being "Frivolous"
Remember when the Commerce Clause challenge to the individual insurance mandate was dismissed by all serious and knowledgeable constitutional law professors and Nancy Pelosi ...Posted by Roland F. Hirsch
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