| Did Trump truly repudiate torture and the murder of civilians?; A new personal jurisdiction case from the Texas Supreme Court (or ‘Killing Calder Softly’); 4th Circuit will reconsider en banc whether Md. ban on magazines and semiautomatics requires strict scrutiny; No constitutional right to engage in consensual BDSM sex; | | | | | | | | No constitutional right to engage in consensual BDSM sex | | The court relies in part on (1) the absence of a "deeply rooted history or tradition of BDSM sexual activity," (2) "the absence of a history of impermissible animus as the basis for the restriction," (3) the physical risk posed by "sexual activity that involves binding and gagging or the use of physical force such as spanking or choking," and (4) "the state's interest in the protection of vulnerable persons." | | By Eugene Volokh • Read more » |
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