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Law professor; author of Free to Move: Foot Voting Migration and Political Freedom; Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter; The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain; Volokh Conspiracy blogger.
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My thoughts on a new @brennancenter.org report which has valuable recommendations on curbing executive power, particularly when it comes to emergency powers and domestic use of the military: reason.com/volokh/2026/...
Show PostIt’s a compelling brief! But the Trump Administration’s case is so weak that this is almost like overkill.
Show PostHere are the first two pages of our proposed amicus brief (electionlawblog.org/wp-content/u...)
Show PostI especially agree with your second (main) point about the far bigger problem. I see so many candidate ads - especially the attack ads - that are intentionally misleading.
Show PostCreating voter confusion about candidates with similar names (as Democrats likely sought to do in Alaska) is bad. But important to remember voter ignorance about policy issues and exploitation thereof by parties and candidates is a far bigger problem: reason.com/volokh/2026/...
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