Supreme Court dismisses Nebraska-Oklahoma lawsuit against pot legalization in Colorado; Interesting home-schooling family court case; Obama irony alert: The Supreme Court should be above politics; New Jersey court: Distributing vulgar flyer about coworker and wife not criminal ‘harassment’;     Supreme Court dismisses Nebraska-Oklahoma lawsuit against pot legalization in Colorado The Supreme Court dismisses a dubious lawsuit claiming that Colorado's legalization of marijuana violates federal law. The outcome is an important victory for constitutional federalism. By Ilya Somin  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   What happened when Merrick Garland wrote for himself A look at Judge Garland's rare concurrences and dissents may offer a peek into his judicial philosophy and what he would do on the Supreme Court. By Jonathan H. Adler  •  Read more » Interesting home-schooling family court case Mother had sole custody of her 12-year-old daughter, and wanted to home-school. Father, whose custody rights had been suspended, wanted the child sent to public school; so did the child's court-appointed lawyer, and the trial court agreed. But the Pennsylvania appellate court reversed. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » Obama irony alert: The Supreme Court should be above politics President Obama, who has engaged in more direct political combat with the Supreme Court than any president since FDR, says that the Supreme Court should be above politics. By David Bernstein  •  Read more » New Jersey court: Distributing vulgar flyer about coworker and wife not criminal ‘harassment’ Otherwise, "criminal harassment would curb speech ranging from a person submitting a Facebook post excoriating an ex-lover for cheating, to the creation of offensive political flyers criticizing a city council member." 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