Reports of the Democratic Party’s death are greatly exaggerated; Election-related ‘trauma counseling’ is all well and good — but do I have to pay for it?; Gary Johnson helped Hillary. Not by enough, but he did.; Good lawyers don’t deplore their judges and jurors — advice to the young and politically minded; Maybe the ‘irrational’ election-related fears of college students aren’t so irrational;     Reports of the Democratic Party’s death are greatly exaggerated The Democratic Party has many huge political assets -- not the least of which is that the Republican Party is now responsible for solving national problems that will be very hard to solve. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Election-related ‘trauma counseling’ is all well and good — but do I have to pay for it? "Republicans are planning to repeal Obamacare just when half the country desperately needs insurance that covers trauma counseling," tweets Sally Kohn (CNN). By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more »   Gary Johnson helped Hillary. Not by enough, but he did. In the wake of the election, some people have been pushing the narrative that Gary Johnson's candidacy hurt Hillary and made Trump win. The opposite is more likely to be true. By Sasha Volokh  •  Read more » Good lawyers don’t deplore their judges and jurors — advice to the young and politically minded You're a lawyer; your client is your ideas and ideals; the voters are your judges and jurors. Except you can't strike people from the jury because they're prejudiced, or because you think they are. You're stuck with them, and they'll be passing judgment on your client. Now what are you going to do? By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more »   Maybe the ‘irrational’ election-related fears of college students aren’t so irrational Because they have grown up in an intolerant monoculture, it’s not irrational for students to fear the potential consequences of intolerance from the other side. By David Bernstein  •  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