The Volokh Conspiracy

Do Obama's Modest Actions on Guns Signify a Backlash Against Presidential Lawlessness?

David Bernstein writes for the Volokh Conspiracy: As much as it would be convenient for...

What is the Original Meaning of the Indian Commerce Clause?

• Katie McClendon

The Supreme Court will address this important question in this term’s Brackeen v. Haaland. The...

Fisher II Oral Arguments Recap

• Timothy Courtney

Ilya Somin writes for the Volokh Conspiracy: [Yesterday], the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Fisher v. University...

Remembering Marisa Maleck

• Lee Liberman Otis

The Federalist Society notes with great sadness the untimely passing of Marisa Maleck. Marisa was...

The Stealth Impeachment of Judge Newman in the Federal Circuit

• Josh Blackman

This post was originally published at the Volokh Conspiracy. Of late, the media has fixated...

Major Unanimous Supreme Court Victory for Property Rights in Tyler v. Hennepin County

• Ilya Somin

This post was originally published at the Volokh Conspiracy. [Thursday] morning, the Supreme Court issued...

"Affirmative Action Gone Wild?": Supreme Court Upholds Race Preferences in Fisher v. University of Texas II

• William C. Rempel,
• Alison E. Somin

I like to think I am unusually gifted at political prognostication because, in 2004, I...

The Supreme Court’s Shrunken “Discuss List”

• Arthur D. Hellman

This post originally appeared at the Volokh Conspiracy. Buried in the commentary to the Supreme...