Unanimous Supreme Court throws out former Governor Bob McDonnell’s conviction; Byzantine art and history; When Justices Thomas and Sotomayor dissent together; Star Wars, science fiction and the Constitution – my review of Cass Sunstein’s “The World According to Star Wars”; N.Y. Senate passes bill banning funding for university student groups that “encourage” “hate speech”; Judge Posner’s bizarre swipe at the late Justice Scalia; “Forbes” interview about my book “Democracy and Political Ignorance”; Supreme Court voids Texas abortion regulations as “undue burden” on abortion providers (Updated); Short Circuit: A roundup of recent federal court decisions; Brexit, “Regrexit,” and the impact of political ignorance [updated with brief comment on post-referendum survey data];     Unanimous Supreme Court throws out former Governor Bob McDonnell’s conviction In the final opinion of the term, the Justices speak with one voice, and draw again upon the late Justice Scalia. By Jonathan H. Adler  •  Read more » Byzantine art and history Congratulations to my dear friend Sharon Gerstel, an art history professor at UCLA, on her Runciman Award, which she just got for her book, "Rural Lives and Landscapes in Late Byzantium." By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more »   When Justices Thomas and Sotomayor dissent together The court's most liberal and most conservative justice urge a more narrow interpretation of a federal law barring gun possession by those previously convicted of violent crimes. By Jonathan H. Adler  •  Read more » Star Wars, science fiction and the Constitution – my review of Cass Sunstein’s “The World According to Star Wars” My Jotwell review of Cass Sunstein's "The World According to Star Wars," which focuses on Sunstein's treatment of the portrayal of constitutional and political issues in the Star Wars universe. By Ilya Somin  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   N.Y. Senate passes bill banning funding for university student groups that “encourage” “hate speech” But such viewpoint-based exclusions from funding programs violate the First Amendment, as the Supreme Court has repeatedly held. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » Judge Posner’s bizarre swipe at the late Justice Scalia I find Posner's posthumous swipe at Scalia revolting. By David Bernstein  •  Read more » “Forbes” interview about my book “Democracy and Political Ignorance” Jared Meyer of "Forbes" interviews me about the new edition of my book "Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter." By Ilya Somin  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Supreme Court voids Texas abortion regulations as “undue burden” on abortion providers (Updated) Justice Kennedy again votes with the liberal justices in a contentious decision. Dissenting justices echo the concerns of the late Justice Scalia. By Jonathan H. Adler  •  Read more » Short Circuit: A roundup of recent federal court decisions Here is the latest edition of the Institute for Justice’s weekly Short Circuit newsletter, written by John Ross. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » Brexit, “Regrexit,” and the impact of political ignorance [updated with brief comment on post-referendum survey data] Recent evidence suggests that political ignorance played a major role in last week's Brexit vote. But we should not overstate its significance. By Ilya Somin  •  Read more »   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