Video of Harvard Kennedy School Forum on “Is Democracy in Crisis?”; Another of the suspicious missing-defendant cases goes away; Why politicians lie; Two new full scholarship programs at my own UCLA School of Law;     Should race-based income projections be banned from the courts? Race-based income projections strike at the heart of the idea that justice is color blind and should be precluded from the courts. By Paul Cassell  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Video of Harvard Kennedy School Forum on “Is Democracy in Crisis?” Video of recent Harvard forum on democracy, where I spoke on the dangers of political ignorance. The other panelists were Jason Brennan (Georgetown), Melissa Williams (University of Toronto), and Christopher Robichaud (Harvard). By Ilya Somin  •  Read more »   Another of the suspicious missing-defendant cases goes away The case seems to have been an attempt to get Google to deindex a Charleston Post & Courier article about a sex crime arrest. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » Why politicians lie Politicians routinely lie to facilitate negotiations, to disguise positions at odds with majority opinion, and to exploit political ignorance. By Ilya Somin  •  Read more »   Two new full scholarship programs at my own UCLA School of Law Go here for more information. 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