Eugene Volokh

As anti-American protests erupt in the Muslim world, the United States is powerless to act against those who incited the violence due to the freedoms enshrined in its cherished constitution.

As anti-American protests erupt in the Muslim world, the United States is powerless to act against those who incited the violence due to the freedoms enshrined in its cherished constitution.

MISSOULA, Montana (Reuters) - A federal judge in Montana who used official court email to circulate a racist joke about President Barack Obama has acknowledged the indiscretion and initiated a misconduct complaint against himself, court officials said on Thursday.

MISSOULA, Montana (Reuters) - A federal judge in Montana who used official court email to circulate a racist joke about President Barack Obama has acknowledged the indiscretion and initiated a misconduct complaint against himself, court officials said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tobacco companies are the latest of several corporate groups to assert a right to free speech in a high-profile legal battle that could end up in the U.S. Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tobacco companies are the latest of several corporate groups to assert a right to free speech in a high-profile legal battle that could end up in the U.S. Supreme Court.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court handed a major defeat to Wall Street banks by ruling that an online news service did not misappropriate their stock research by publishing headlines about analyst upgrades and downgrades.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Tennessee has passed a law that makes it a crime to transmit a picture that causes intended emotional distress without legitimate purpose.

Reckless or winning? Experts say Calif. gay marriage opponents gambling in appeals court. The defenders of California's gay marriage ban took a pummeling during the first federal trial to explore the civil rights implications of outlawing same-sex marriages. They summoned only two witnesses, one of whom left the stand looking thrashed. Even the lead attorney was left groping for words when pressed to explain how allowing gays and lesbians to wed would undermine traditional unions.

Legal analysts say law punishing fake war heroes could wind up before Supreme Court. The Justice Department is battling to save a federal law that makes it illegal to lie about being a war hero, appealing two court rulings that the statute is an unconstitutional muzzle on free speech.

Pro-gun grass-roots groups fill National Rifle Association void in surging gun rights movement. The gun rights movement may have more momentum now than ever, but the groups behind it aren't all united.

Years of court challenges ahead for local, state gun control laws after Supreme Court ruling. State or local gun laws that prohibit people from carrying firearms outside the home and onerous registration requirements are the most likely to be struck down by judges following the Supreme Court's latest decision supporting the right to keep and bear arms.

'Leaving Islam?' NYC bus ads targeting disenfranchised Muslims are decried as a smoke screen. The questions on the ads aren't subtle: Leaving Islam? Fatwa on your head? Is your family threatening you?

High court nominee Kagan's public record lacks clear signal of how she would vote as justice. Elena Kagan's opposition to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gay troops is a rare insight into her personal views. Kagan's public record, thinner than most earlier Supreme Court nominees, otherwise offers supporters and critics little assurance about how she would vote as a justice.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday takes a new look at the right to bear arms in a case that could impact the growing push by President Barack Obama's opponents to loosen gun laws.

Health coverage requirement raises constitutionality debate. WASHINGTON Republican Sen. John Ensign has inserted a complicated legal question into the health care debate: Can the federal government require Americans to buy health insurance?

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and Abroad.. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group including some top U.S. tobacco companies filed a federal lawsuit on Monday to block provisions of a new tobacco law, arguing it violated their free speech rights under the U.S. constitution.

FBI files show "Deep Throat" investigation reached highest officials, agents across country. Newly released FBI files show agents across the country and at the highest level of the agency investigated "Deep Throat" ? the 1972 porn movie, not the shadowy Watergate figure ? in a vain attempt to roll back what became a cultural shift toward more permissive entertainment.