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Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Justice Scalia Making Use of His Free Time by Making News … Again
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Continuingour recent biography-like coverage of Justice Scalia, I want to point you inthe direction of a postby Michael Dorf on Findlaw.com. Mr. Dorfcomments on and analyzes Justice Scalia’s claim that…
Labor Law Prof Blog
PING: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Cases and Government Employees:URL: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_06_08-2008_06_14.shtml#1213046172IP: 66.98.172.69BLOG NAME: The Volokh ConspiracyDATE: 06/09/2008 03:16:31 PMAs Paul Secunda (Workplace Prof Blog) points out, the …
Was it just last week that we were giddy with excitement over a 9th Circuit decision undermining the militarily's bigoted "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in Witt?Today, we are listening…
Sentencing Law and Policy
More proof all hot political issues become federal sentencing matters
Main May 24, 2008More proof all hot political issues become federal sentencing mattersTwo very different items in this news confirms what I love to tell my students: every hot political…
Sentencing Law and Policy
DoesWilliamsprovide a tea leaf forKennedy?
Main May 19, 2008Does Williams provide a tea leaf for Kennedy?As detailed in this post at SCOTUSblog, the Supreme Court today upheld against a congressional child porn criminal provision against…
Media Law Prof Blog
Bezanson on Art and the First Amendment
Randall Bezanson, University of Iowa College of Law, has published "Art and the Constitution," forthcoming in the Iowa Law Review. Here is the abstract.Art and the Constitution addresses a longstanding…
Land Use Prof Blog
The curious case of smoking at the Curious Theater …
The play tempOdysssey, which has received many favorable reviews, involves a character who dies because of smoking. The plot calls for smoking on stage. Can government uses its…
inversecondemnation.com
The First Amendment, the Ninth Circuit, and the Ten Commandments
While not exactly on the usual topics of this blog, the Ninth Circuit's opinion in Card v. City of Everett, No. 05-35996 (Mar. 26, 2008) is worth a read. It…
EvidenceProf Blog
Go %$#! Yourself, San Diego: Court Finds “Relevant” Means Different Things Under FRCP, FRE in Mt. Soledad (Easter) Cross Case
By Colin Miller
The current Mt. Soledad cross in San Diego was constructed by the Mt. Soledad Memorial Association and was dedicated to the veterans of World Wars I and II and the…
Media Law Prof Blog
Eighth Circuit Affirms Video Game Decision; Blocks Enforcement of Minnesota Video Game Law
The U. S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court's grant of a permanent injunction against "enforcement of section 325I.06 of the Minnesota code, which prohibits minors…
Labor Law Prof Blog
First Amendment Non-Affiliation Discrimination Claim Goes Forward
Of course, I love this public employment, arcane stuff, but this following case fits in nicely with my theme today of rare forms of employment discrimination cases (it is also…