The path to Obama’s ‘Dear Colleague’ letter; Acting attorney general orders Justice Department attorneys not to defend immigration executive order [UPDATED]; President Trump’s executive order on regulatory costs imperils the rest of his regulatory agenda; The dangers of gutting due process in campus sexual assault cases; Sen. Orrin Hatch on the Supreme Court: ‘Activist Justices have rewritten our laws’; KC Johnson and Stuart Taylor, guest-blogging about “The Campus Rape Frenzy: The Attack on Due Process at America’s Universities”; Short Circuit: A roundup of recent federal court decisions; Was Trump’s executive order an impeachable offense?; What happened when detained travelers challenged the Trump administration’s latest executive order;     The path to Obama’s ‘Dear Colleague’ letter The Office for Civil Rights' selective interpretation of Title IX built on past interpretations to further increase the chances of guilty findings (for instance by discouraging cross-examination). By KC Johnson and Stuart Taylor  •  Read more » Acting attorney general orders Justice Department attorneys not to defend immigration executive order [UPDATED] Her provocative reasoning: The executive order does not represent a "wise or just" policy. By Jonathan H. Adler  •  Read more »   President Trump’s executive order on regulatory costs imperils the rest of his regulatory agenda The new executive order on regulatory costs not only ignores benefits but also places obstacles in the path of the rest of President Trump's regulatory agenda. By Stuart Benjamin  •  Read more » The dangers of gutting due process in campus sexual assault cases The system currently in place at colleges and universities runs far too great a risk of innocent students being found guilty. By KC Johnson and Stuart Taylor  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Sen. Orrin Hatch on the Supreme Court: ‘Activist Justices have rewritten our laws’ The senator outlines "the principles that have guided [him] in assessing the qualifications of the last twelve Justices appointed to the Supreme Court." By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more »   KC Johnson and Stuart Taylor, guest-blogging about “The Campus Rape Frenzy: The Attack on Due Process at America’s Universities” The authors -- a history professor and a prominent journalist -- also wrote "Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case" (2007). By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more »   Short Circuit: A roundup of recent federal court decisions A tyrannical traffic ticket, an unscrupulous court officer, and a mishap with a flash-bang grenade. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more »   Was Trump’s executive order an impeachable offense? Even as the ink is drying on his "Conflicts Plan," did Trump's business interests affect the scope of his refugee order? By David Post  •  Read more »   What happened when detained travelers challenged the Trump administration’s latest executive order Some useful links on the litigation challenging Trump's controversial executive order. By Jonathan H. Adler  •  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. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071