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Second Amendment Roundup: U. S. Supports Rehearing in D. C. Magazine Ban Case
4+ hour, 4+ min ago (255+ words) The issue is whether the invalid magazine ban infects the registration-licensing convictions. Stephen Halbrook | 4. 8. 2026 10: 39 PM Mr. Benson possessed a 30-round magazine, but that number is statutorily irrelevant, as the District bans any magazine holding over 10 rounds." The court explained: The…...
Active military spouse faces removal proceedings
9+ hour, 44+ min ago (272+ words) The wife of a United States Army staff sergeant was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody yesterday, but still faces removal proceedings after being detained inside a Louisiana military base last week. In a statement to the Times,…...
You don't have to like Kanye West to hate his ban from Britain
9+ hour, 28+ min ago (450+ words) Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, has been barred from entering the United Kingdom over his history of antisemitic statements. He was expected to headline Wireless Festival in North London in July, which has since been cancelled. This…...
"Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker" / Convicted Murderer Caleb Mc Gillvary Loses Defamation Case Against Rolling Stone
9+ hour, 11+ min ago (141+ words) Eugene Volokh | 4. 8. 2026 5: 33 PM With respect to the "laced-joint" and "ghosts" statements, Mc Gillvary argues they implied that (i) he bore fault for Mc Bride's driving into a group of bystanders with his truck, and (ii) he had perjured himself during subsequent state-court…...
D. C. Circuit Declines to Stay Department of War's "Supply-Chain Risk" Designation of Claude
8+ hour, 34+ min ago (384+ words) Eugene Volokh | 4. 8. 2026 6: 09 PM From today's order by Judges Karen Le Craft Henderson, Gregory Katsas, and Neomi Rao in Anthropic PBC v. U. S. Dep't of War: Anthropic PBC develops Claude, a family of advanced artificial-intelligence models. In 2024, the Department of Defense (which now…...
Free Speech Unmuted: Speech, Not "Conduct: Supreme Court Rules on Conversion Talk Therapy
9+ hour, 32+ min ago (110+ words) Eugene Volokh | 4. 8. 2026 5: 11 PM Jane Bambauer and I analyze the Supreme Court's new Chiles v. Salazar decision, which struck down (by an 8-1 vote) a law banning sexual orientation/gender identity conversion therapy, including therapy that consists entirely of speech. You can also…...
Minneapolis might bring back bathhouses as spaces for sex and queer community
13+ hour, 58+ min ago (817+ words) Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4. 8. 2026 12: 46 PM The Minneapolis City Council is considering a proposal to bring back bathhouses where people can have sex. And it's provoking a wider conversation around stigma, criminalization, and community. "The council is expected to take up the…...
My Interview with Peter Canellos, Author Of "Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement"
14+ hour, 7+ min ago (269+ words) Eleven questions on YLS, SG, OLC, DNJ, CA3, GWB, and SCOTUS. Josh Blackman | 4. 8. 2026 12: 36 PM I am very excited to announce the release of Peter Canellos's new book on Justice Alito, titled "Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of…...
Sam Altman's (not so) New Deal for superintelligent AI
15+ hour, 29+ min ago (109+ words) Jack Nicastro | 4. 8. 2026 11: 15 AM Open AI's "New Deal" for the AI age is full of old'and failed'ideas." On Monday, Open AI published Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age: Ideas to Keep People First. The 13-page white paper presents the frontier developer's…...
Ron De Santis clamps down on free speech in the name of fighting terror
10+ hour, 33+ min ago (321+ words) A new Florida law, which will broaden the state's terrorism laws, has civil liberties groups worried about the future of free speech in the Sunshine State." Florida Gov. Ron De Santis signed House Bill (H. B.) 1471 into law on Monday. The bill,…...