Given the Volokh Conspiracy's signal-to-partisan-noise ratio ain't what it used to be, where does one go for reliably solid middle of the road legal analysis of current cases and issues?

This sort of thing is unprofessional no matter which side of the aisle it comes from

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and

I imagine Jackson’s eight colleagues are rather tired of such over the top public disparagement of the court. She’s writing herself into permanent irrelevance.

“Bernick, Shawhan, and Story on Domicile” by Andrew Hyman, The Originalism Blog (07/09/2025). originalismblog.typepad.com/the-originalis… kurt lash Ilan Wurman Brad Crawford

“[W]hat do we mean by ‘subject to the jurisdiction of the United States?’ Not owing allegiance to anybody else. That is what it means.” Lyman Trumbull (1866).

NEW: West Virginia v. Barnette: Forcing the Pledge of Allegiance? Can the government demand that you publicly declare your loyalty to the country? kurt lash, Professor of Law at the University of Richmond, discusses why the answer to that question is so significant. 👇

New from Christian Burset: The Founders' Common Law Empire. This reappraisal of the Nw Ordinance looks extremely interesting. Looking forward to reading! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

New Paper with William Baude , forthcoming in the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities: "Yes, The Framers Were Originalists" A critical review of Jonathan Gienapp (Jonathan Gienapp)'s Against Constitutional Originalism. SSRN link below, and comments welcome!

St. Camillus de Lellis, ora pro nobis! catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-camil…

Good (but hardly surprising) news for religious liberty: A federal district judge in Washington state has granted a preliminary injunction against a state law that would require Catholic priests to violate their absolute religious duty to keep confessions confidential. 1/

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Thinking about what happened when democrats in 1866 said republicans could not constitutionally act while democrats were absent due to democrats voluntarily abandoning their seats. (Yeah. I know that’s the 38th. Same thing though).

Excellent essay by b-boy bouiebaisse (to be retitled I imagine) focusing on Justice Curtis' dissent in Dred Scott. As I explain in my article "The State Citizenship Clause" bit.ly/3J89fxo, his analysis of federal and state citizenship influenced the addition of the Fourteenth

Pro-life superlawyer Jonathan Mitchell has filed a complaint in federal district court (Southern District of Texas) on behalf of a woman, Liana Davis, who alleges that the father of her unborn child murdered that child by secretly dissolving abortion pills into a hot beverage

I’m deeply concerned with the allegations that Fairfax County Public Schools officials arranged for minors to get abortions without parental consent and may have misused public funds to pay for them. I’m directing the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation to open