‘Student arrested by East Tennessee State University police for “Civil Rights Intimidation” ‘; The perils of voting for “change”; Short Circuit: A roundup of recent federal court decisions; Amicus brief in Second Amendment gun store zoning case; ‘Patents constricting the essential channels of online communication run afoul of the First Amendment’;     ‘Student arrested by East Tennessee State University police for “Civil Rights Intimidation” ‘ "[Tristan] Rettke’s act -- dressing in a gorilla mask and attempting to hand bananas to the protesters in an attempt to 'provoke' them -- has to have been intended to be offensive. But, as the ACLU of Tennessee’s executive director observes, the First Amendment precludes the criminal charge against Rettke." By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   The perils of voting for “change” Even if the status quo is bad, you shouldn't vote for "change" unless you have good reason to believe that it will actually make things better rather than worse. By Ilya Somin  •  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 » Amicus brief in Second Amendment gun store zoning case A brief I filed on behalf of Profs. Randy Barnett, Bob Cottrol, Brannon Denning, Michael O'Shea, and Glenn Harlan Reynolds, as well as the Firearms Policy Foundation, urging the Ninth Circuit to oppose en banc review of Teixeira v. County of Alameda. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » ‘Patents constricting the essential channels of online communication run afoul of the First Amendment’ So writes Judge Mayer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, concurring in today's panel majority opinion in Intellectual Ventures, Inc. v. Symantec Corp.. 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