Kemper County (Miss.) bans clown costumes, likely violates the First Amendment; The Fifth Amendment and Touch ID; Can California reduce its public-employee pensions?; Changing post in immaterial ways — or to soften its allegations — does not restart statute of limitations;     Kemper County (Miss.) bans clown costumes, likely violates the First Amendment Content-based bans on costumes, whether clown costumes or Klan regalia, are unconstitutional. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   The Fifth Amendment and Touch ID Are you looking for a detailed discussion of the possible Fifth Amendment limits on compelling a person to unlock a smartphone using fingerprint readers such as Apple's Touch ID? If so, this post is for you. By Orin Kerr  •  Read more » Can California reduce its public-employee pensions? The L.A. Times has an article about the California Court of Appeal's recent Marin County pension ruling. By Sasha Volokh  •  Read more » Changing post in immaterial ways — or to soften its allegations — does not restart statute of limitations An interesting and important new decision from a New Jersey appellate court. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » Cato scholars pose questions for final debate The folks at Cato have asked some of their resident and adjunct scholars – Tim Lynch, Michael F. Cannon, Ilya Shapiro, Thaya Brook Knight, Benjamin Friedman, A. Trevor Thrall, Matthew Feeney, and yours truly – to propose some questions for the candidates to answer during the debate tonight, and the results are posted in this video … By David Post  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   Fact Checker Count the pinocchios. A weekly review of what's true, false or in-between. Sign Up »         Share The Volokh Conspiracy:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for updates from The Volokh Conspiracy blog. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071