23+ hour, 8+ min ago (71+ words) Josh Blackman | 11.24.2025 7:00 AM 11/24/2001: Salim Hamdan was captured in Afghanistan. The Supreme Court would decide his case in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006). J.D. Tuccille | 11.24.2025 7:00 AM Eric Boehm | From the December 2025 issue Charles Oliver | 11.24.2025 4:00 AM Jacob R. Swartz | 11.23.2025 7:00 AM Jacob Sullum | From the December 2025 issue...

3+ hour, 8+ min ago (62+ words) What's on your mind? Eugene Volokh | 11.25.2025 3:00 AM NEXT: Upcoming Speaking Engagements in Mexico and Israel Jacob Sullum | 11.24.2025 5:20 PM Ronald Bailey | 11.24.2025 4:55 PM Christian Britschgi | 11.24.2025 3:20 PM Jacob Sullum | 11.24.2025 2:25 PM Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.24.2025 2:00 PM...

14+ hour, 25+ min ago (572+ words) Eugene Volokh | 11.24.2025 3:42 PM An excerpt from today's long opinion by Chief Judge Allen Winsor (N.D. Fla.) in Damsky v. Summerlin, which I think is likely correct: Damsky has been a controversial figure at the law school since he enrolled. He seems to enjoy pushing boundaries and provoking others. He achieved that and more with two seminar papers and one social media exchange that ultimately became the basis for his expulsion. In the fall semester of his second year, Damsky wrote two seminar papers that generally argue the United States was founded as a race-based nation and should be preserved as such. He concluded each paper with what some perceived as extralegal calls to violence. In American Restoration, Damsky offered this view: [T]he semester continued without incident'at least until Damsky's March 21 X post: My position on Jews is simple: whatever Harvard professor…...

21+ hour, 25+ min ago (190+ words) The firm, has "more than 1,600 attorneys in over 80 offices nationwide." Eugene Volokh | 11.24.2025 8:43 AM From In re Jackson Hospital & Clinic, Inc., issued by Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Hawkins Thursday, following the court's earlier observation of "pervasive inaccurate, misleading, and fabricated citations, quotations, and representations of legal authority in the Motion to Reconsider": As to the lawyer in whose filings the hallucinated appeared, The court issued a public reprimand of Ms. Preston, ordered her to provide the opinion "to her clients, opposing counsel, and the presiding judge in every pending state or federal case in which she is currently counsel of record," revoked her admission to practice in the court in this case, and ordered that the opinion be served on all the state bars in which she is admitted. As to the firm, NEXT: Exorcist Files vs. Jesus 911 Libel Suit J.D. Tuccille | 11.24.2025 7:00 AM…...

16+ hour, 8+ min ago (1009+ words) Are abortions poisoning us all? That's the latest line of attack from Republicans in Wisconsin and elsewhere, with lawmakers arguing that women who take abortion pills must prevent their'blood and fetal tissue from contaminating the water supply. You are reading Sex & Tech, from Elizabeth Nolan Brown. Get more of Elizabeth's sex, tech, bodily autonomy, law, and online culture coverage. Women who take abortion drugs to terminate a pregnancy'but not to treat a miscarriage, if I'm reading correctly'would be instructed to use the bag to collect any "medical waste or infectious waste" produced by the process and then return it to the doctor's office. It's hard to look at legislation like this and imagine that it's actually about anything but punishing women who have abortions. The measure "has been sent in for introduction, but does not yet have an official bill…...

17+ hour, 31+ min ago (155+ words) The information sharing extends far beyond first-hand observations through a group chat. According to the A.P., the sheriff's deputy in Schott's case testified that federal agents "watch travel patterns on the highway" and "have a lot of toys over there on the federal side."" "I assume for every one person like me, who's actually standing up, there's a thousand people who just don't have the means or the time or, you know, they just leave frustrated and angry. They don't have the ability to move forward and hold anyone accountable," Schott told the A.P. "I think there's thousands of people getting treated this way." NEXT: What Would Bill Buckley Do? Matthew Petti | 11.24.2025 1:04 PM Autumn Billings | 11.24.2025 12:37 PM Stephanie Slade | From the January 2026 issue Liz Wolfe | 11.24.2025 9:30 AM J.D. Tuccille | 11.24.2025 7:00 AM...

19+ hour, 43+ min ago (329+ words) Could today's summary reversal be a sign of things to come? Jonathan H. Adler | 11.24.2025 10:25 AM There was a time when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit was notorious for issuing decisions at odds with existing Supreme Court precedent, and getting repeatedly overturned as a result. The Ninth Circuit was considered the most liberal circuit in the country at the time, and had a few judges who consciously sought to evade restrictive precedent. Early in the Roberts Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit developed something of a reputation as the "new Ninth," particularly with regard to habeas cases. In a string of cases, the Sixth Circuit was reversed, often summarily, for granting habeas petitions too readily. Today the Supreme Court summarily reversed the Fourth Circuit in'Clark v. Sweeney, a habeas case. In a unanimous per curiam opinion, the…...

14+ hour, 47+ min ago (1077+ words) Few would disagree with the notion that President Donald Trump is rather malleable on issues of policy and political alliances. Friends and enemies swap places with surprising regularity. Must-pass initiatives become rejected agendas just as quickly. As visual evidence of this, consider two scenes. Back in February 2025, the president hosted a chummy joint press conference in the Oval Office with the world's richest man, Elon Musk, who outlined his plans to slash the federal government to the bone via his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Then, just last week, Trump hosted another amicable joint press conference where his guest was the self-described socialist mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, who plans on making New York City great again with tax hikes on billionaires like Musk to fund billions in new social spending. The president was rather unembarrassed when pressed…...

16+ hour, 46+ min ago (303+ words) Religion and the Law Eugene Volokh | 11.24.2025 1:22 PM From Friday's Report and Recommendation by Magistrate Judge Michael Ambri (D. Ariz.) in Grossenbach v. Arizona Bd. of Regents: Grossenbach was employed as an adjunct professor at the University of Arizona. On November 30, 2023, he was informed that his teaching contract would not be renewed. Grossenbach believes that his employment was discontinued because the University received complaints about his advocacy with SaveCFSD. Grossenbach sued on Aug. 22, 2025, and defendants argued (among other things) that his Title VII religious discrimination claim was brought too late. No, the Magistrate Judge concluded: [I]n Arizona a prospective plaintiff must file a charge of discrimination with the EEOC within 300 days of the alleged discriminatory employment action. The court does not agree. Assuming without deciding that Grossenbach's Title VII charge accrued on November 30, 2023, when he was told his contract would not be…...

13+ hour, 11+ min ago (360+ words) I will be giving multiple talks in these two countries, in December. Ilya Somin | 11.24.2025 4:56 PM This December, I will be doing multiple speaking engagements in Mexico and Israel. In the latter country, I will be serving as a visiting professor at the law faculty at Uriel Reichman University (the former IDC Herzliya). Unless otherwise noted, these events are open to the public. I am potentially open to doing additional speaking engagements in Israel during my time there (Dec. 14-26). Dec. 3, 12-1:30 PM, Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), Barcelo Hotel, Guadalajara, Mexico: "Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom" (tentative title), Panel on Migration in the 21st Century. Other panel participants will be Eileen Truax (journalist covering immigration issues), and Christopher Dominguez. More information about the FIL book fair available here. Dec. 4, 3:15-4:30 PM, Law Faculty, University of Monterrey,Rm. A6-206, Monterrey, Mexico, : "Political…...