Jacob Levy’s libertarian critique of Brexit; Idaho federal prosecutor issues follow-up statement about Twin Falls child sexual assault controversy; Alexander Hamilton, the truth, and freedom of the press; The New York Times’s worshipful 1935 obituary for Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes; Et vir;     Jacob Levy’s libertarian critique of Brexit Political theorist Jacob Levy explains why Brexit is unlikely to lead to substantially freer markets in Britain, or Europe more generally. By Ilya Somin  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Idaho federal prosecutor issues follow-up statement about Twin Falls child sexual assault controversy The earlier statement said that "the spread of false information or inflammatory or threatening statements about the perpetrators or the crime itself reduces public safety and may violate federal law." The follow-up statement focuses only on "threatening or harassing communications," presumably said to "public officials." By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » Alexander Hamilton, the truth, and freedom of the press One thing that didn’t make it into the musical: Hamilton played a historic and immensely influential role in American free press law, just months before his fatal duel. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more »   The New York Times’s worshipful 1935 obituary for Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes "Others so fortunate as to be invited to his home were apt to consider themselves thereafter as men set apart." By David Bernstein  •  Read more » Et vir What does this mean, and what is its flip side? 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