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Damages Award Stemming from Project Veritas Project Set Aside by D.C. Circuit
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/21/damages-award-stemming-from-project-veritas-project-set-aside-by-d-c-circuit/

Damages Award Stemming from Project Veritas Project Set Aside by D.C. Circuit

From today's long decision in Democracy Partners, LLC v. O'Keefe by D.C. Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, joined by Judge...

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Intern (Actually a Project Veritas Undercover Plant) in Political Organization Didn't Have "Fiduciary Duty" to Organization
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/21/intern-actually-a-project-veritas-undercover-plant-in-political-organization-didnt-have-fiduciary-duty-to-organization/

Intern (Actually a Project Veritas Undercover Plant) in Political Organization Didn't Have "Fiduciary Duty" to Organization

An excerpt from today's long decision in Democracy Partners, LLC v. O'Keefe by D.C. Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, joined...

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Video of My Keynote Speech at the Annual Libertarian Futurist Society Prometheus Award Ceremony
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/21/video-of-my-keynote-speech-at-the-annual-libertarian-futurist-society-prometheus-award-ceremony/

Video of My Keynote Speech at the Annual Libertarian Futurist Society Prometheus Award Ceremony

The talk deals with the relationship between libertarianism and the science fiction and fantasy genres.

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Open Thread
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/22/open-thread-304/

What’s on your mind?

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This Mamdani-Backed Bill Would Kill Jobs, Boost Unions, and Make Deliveries More Expensive
https://reason.com/2026/08/22/this-mamdani-backed-bill-would-kill-jobs-boost-unions-and-make-deliveries-more-expensive/

This Mamdani-Backed Bill Would Kill Jobs, Boost Unions, and Make Deliveries More Expensive

The misleadingly named "Delivery Protection Act" would require companies like Amazon and FedEx to directly hire employees for last-mile delivery, rather than contracting this service out to subcontractors.

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 22, 1998
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/22/today-in-supreme-court-history-august-22-1998-6/

Today in Supreme Court History: August 22, 1998

8/22/1998: On August 22, 1998, Barry Black led a Ku Klux Klan rally in Carroll County, Virginia. The Supreme Court considered the...

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Check Out the National High School Law Review, Vol. II
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/22/check-out-the-national-high-school-law-review-vol-ii/

Check Out the National High School Law Review, Vol. II

It's a project of Studium; Studium's Constitutional Law Advisory Board includes Prof. and National Constitution Center CEO Jeffrey Rosen, Prof....

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Open Thread
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/23/open-thread-305/

What’s on your mind?

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Post-9/11 Fear Grew the Surveillance State. 25 Years Later, It's Still Growing.
https://reason.com/2026/08/23/9-11-and-the-surveillance-ratchet/

Post-9/11 Fear Grew the Surveillance State. 25 Years Later, It's Still Growing.

The U.S. government responded in ways that are so integrated into daily life that we no longer recognize them.

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 23, 2007
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/23/today-in-supreme-court-history-august-23-2007-6/

Today in Supreme Court History: August 23, 2007

8/23/2007: John Yates, aboard the Miss Katie boat, threw fish overboard to avoid an inspection. He was prosecuted for destroying...

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Reconciling Hayek and Mill's Divergent Defenses of Liberty
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/23/reconciling-hayek-and-mills-divergent-defenses-of-liberty/

Reconciling Hayek and Mill's Divergent Defenses of Liberty

As Cass Sunstein points out, Hayek and Mill had widely divergent rationales for liberty. But the two can be reconciled.

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Ben & Jerry's Lawsuit Over "Social-Mission"-Related Contract Related to Its Earlier Sale
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/23/ben-jerrys-lawsuit-over-social-mission-related-contract-related-to-its-earlier-sale/

Ben & Jerry's Lawsuit Over "Social-Mission"-Related Contract Related to Its Earlier Sale

A summary from Reuters (Jonathan Stempel) Friday: A federal judge on Friday dismissed major portions of a Ben & Jerry's lawsuit...

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AI Freezes The Scholarly Voice
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/23/ai-freezes-the-scholarly-voice/

AI Freezes The Scholarly Voice

AI trains on your voice at a particular point of time, and stunts future development.

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Trump Imposes Harmful and Illegal Section 338 Tariffs Against Many Canadian Imports
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/23/trump-imposes-harmful-and-illegal-section-338-tariffs-against-many-canadian-imports/

Trump Imposes Harmful and Illegal Section 338 Tariffs Against Many Canadian Imports

Section 338 is a long-defunct part of the notorious Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.

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Open Thread
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/24/open-thread-306/

What’s on your mind?

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Brickbat: What the Flock
https://reason.com/2026/08/24/brickbat-what-the-flock/

Brickbat: What the Flock

Police in Brookfield, Wisconsin, made a high-risk traffic stop on Interstate 94 after a Flock Safety camera flagged a vehicle...

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 24, 1946
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/24/today-in-supreme-court-history-august-24-1946-6/

Today in Supreme Court History: August 24, 1946

8/24/1946: Justice James McReynolds dies.

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1 in 5 Americans Still Need Government Permission To Work
https://reason.com/2026/08/24/1-in-5-americans-still-need-government-permission-to-work/

1 in 5 Americans Still Need Government Permission To Work

Occupational licensing raises costs and limits mobility without improving safety.

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Renaming Streets "Cesar Chavez Boulevard" Didn't Violate First Amendment
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/24/renaming-streets-cesar-chavez-boulevard-didnt-violate-first-amendment/

Renaming Streets "Cesar Chavez Boulevard" Didn't Violate First Amendment

From 1 Community Compact v. City of Fresno, decided Friday by California Court of Appeal Justice Jennifer Detjen, joined by...

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Would Muslim Prayer Room at Public High School Violate Establishment Clause?
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/24/would-muslim-prayer-room-at-public-high-school-violate-establishment-clause/

Would Muslim Prayer Room at Public High School Violate Establishment Clause?

Yes, Judge John Milton Younge (E.D. Pa.) suggested Friday in Hiester v. School District of Philadelphia: The crux of Plaintiffs'...

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Jacob Mchangama on Frederick Douglass's Views on Free Speech During the Civil War
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/24/jacob-mchangama-on-frederick-douglasss-views-on-free-speech-during-the-civil-war/

Jacob Mchangama on Frederick Douglass's Views on Free Speech During the Civil War

An extremely interesting post (Mchangama, as many of you know, is a historian of free speech, among other things): [I]t's...

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