volokh.com - 1/16/2009
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Some Comments on the FISA Court of Review Decision: I was on a plane most of the day, delaying my promised blogging on the new FISA Court of Review case on foreign intelligence surveillance. Here are a few thoughts after reading the opinion. 1. First, keep in mind that the opinion has only a ...
volokh.com - 1/13/2009
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Praise for the New York Times: Over my
years of blogging, I've been highly critical of the
N.Y. Times's coverage of a variety matters, not least its coverage of the 2006 Lebanon War (e.g.) . I think it's therefore only sporting to acknowledge that I ...
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volokh.com - 1/10/2009
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More on Ricci v. DeStefano: Ed Whelan chronicles
the apparent machinations by the trial court and Second
Circuit to keep Ricci v. DeStefano below the radar (hat tip Powerline ): As I’ve previously detailed (and will in large part repeat here), the ...
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volokh.com - 1/19/2009
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Newspaper coverage of Obama vs. Previous Inaugurals My
media column in today's Rocky Mountain News compared how
much coverage the News and the Denver Post provided in the pre-inaugural week for the most recent inauguration, versus Clinton in 1993 and ...
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... wants to ban the use of vulgar words in public. The bill includes publications, and calls for a sentence of up to five years in jail. Eugene Volokh is pretty fucking skeptical. ...
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... publish orally or in writing, exhibit, or otherwise make available material containing words, language, or actions of a profane, vulgar, lewd, lascivious, or indecent nature. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. If swearing became a crime, most citizens of South Carolina would be felons. Eugene Volokh of the Volokh Conspiracy writes - To begin with, of course, this is unconstitutionally overbroad under ...
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