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Bill Otis (Ringside at the Reckoning) on the SPLC Indictment
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (20+ words) Among other things, Otis responds to my post from yesterday; an excerpt: The main criterion in a democratic system is. .....
What Do You Do With AI-Generated Legal Scholarship? : An April 2026 Question
9+ hour, 24+ min ago (247+ words) Part 1 of 2. Orin S. Kerr | 4. 26. 2026 2: 32 PM I have a question about how to present the results of legal scholarship generated in part with AI." I pose it as "an April 2026 question" because what AI can do is changing quickly." I would…...
Justice Clarence Thomas on the Declaration of Independence
11+ hour, 7+ min ago (167+ words) Remarks by the current Supreme Court's longest-serving justice that stoked controversy. Jonathan H. Adler | 4. 26. 2026 12: 50 PM On April 15, Justice Clarence Thomas delivered a lecture at the University of Texas at Austin in honor of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Justice…...
Today in Supreme Court History: April 26, 1995
16+ hour, 57+ min ago (57+ words) Josh Blackman | 4. 26. 2026 7: 00 AM 4/26/1995: U. S. v. Lopez decided. Peter Suderman | 4. 26. 2026 8: 57 AM Ronald Bailey | From the June 2026 issue Jesse Walker | From the May 2026 issue C. Jarrett Dieterle | 4. 25. 2026 7: 00 AM Brian Doherty | From the May 2026 issue...
Shooter reportedly targets Trump officials at White House Correspondents' Dinner
14+ hour, 59+ min ago (404+ words) The annual White House Correspondents' Dinner burst into chaos last night when a man armed with what was reportedly a shotgun and other weapons stormed the security checkpoint. After shots were fired, the man was disarmed and detained. Reports say…...
Swarms of termite moviemakers have made cinema more personal
17+ hour, 56+ min ago (508+ words) The walls that once separated TV shows, feature films, viral videos, and holiday snapshots are collapsing. All those forms are (or can be) movies, in the original sense of the word: They're'moving pictures. And now they are more and more…...
Open Thread
20+ hour, 57+ min ago (53+ words) Eugene Volokh | 4. 26. 2026 3: 00 AM NEXT: The Hinkley Hilton C. Jarrett Dieterle | 4. 25. 2026 7: 00 AM Brian Doherty | From the May 2026 issue Jacob Sullum | 4. 24. 2026 5: 05 PM Meagan O'Rourke | 4. 24. 2026 4: 28 PM Autumn Billings | 4. 24. 2026 2: 29 PM...
The Hinkley Hilton
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (265+ words) Josh Blackman | 4. 25. 2026 10: 16 PM This evening, immediately after I turned my phone on, I saw headlines about shots fired at the Washington Hilton where President Trump was attending the White House Correspondents Dinner. For the second week in a row, I…...
Links to My Posts on Chatrie v. United States, the Geofence Warrant Case
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (330+ words) Fourteen posts in all, from 2022 to the present. Orin S. Kerr | 4. 25. 2026 4: 09 PM With the Supreme Court set to hear argument in the geofence warrant case, Chatrie v. United States, on Monday, I thought I would provide links to all my posts relating…...
Judge Finds Epstein-Related Plaintiff Lies, Spoliation, and Lawyer Misconduct in Rape Lawsuit Against Investor Leon Black
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (164+ words) The judge sanctions the plaintiff and the lawyer, but allows the case to go forward. Eugene Volokh | 4. 25. 2026 6: 17 PM A short excerpt from Thursday's 76-page decision by Judge Jessica Clarke (S. D. N. Y.) in Doe v. Black (see also this article yesterday by Politico [Erica…...