Happy Saturnalia!; Lawyers connected to Prenda Law, a ‘porno-trolling collective,’ indicted; Oklahoma requires health-care facilities — and restaurants — to display message about availability of adoption and prenatal care; All the way down the slippery slope at Cal State Northridge;     Happy Saturnalia! The Volokh Conspiracy's annual celebration of an ancient Roman holiday. By Ilya Somin  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Judge Sykes, possible confirmation hearings, and sexual-orientation discrimination "Sykes could face questioning about her handling" of a case that asks "whether the ban on sex discrimination in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation." But it's pretty easy questioning to answer, no? By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more »   Lawyers connected to Prenda Law, a ‘porno-trolling collective,’ indicted The indictment alleges: "Between 2011 and 2014, defendants Paul R. Hansmeier and John L. Steele orchestrated an elaborate scheme to fraudulently obtain millions of dollars in copyright lawsuit settlements by deceiving state and federal courts throughout the country." By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » Oklahoma requires health-care facilities — and restaurants — to display message about availability of adoption and prenatal care California requires pregnancy-related clinics to display messages related to contraception and abortion. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » All the way down the slippery slope at Cal State Northridge Apparently no disciplinary action by the university -- but, unsurprisingly, an activist defends the shouting down of the speaker as mere "protest" against "deplorable," "objectify[ing]" speech that "add[s] hostility to [students'] campus climate." By Eugene Volokh  •  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