Editing Eugene Volokh (section)

==Politics==
Volokh is commonly described as politically conservative or libertarian.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Beckett|first1=Lois|title=Milwaukee sheriff says it's 'pitchforks and torches time' and stands by Trump|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/15/milwaukee-sheriff-david-clarke-pitchforks-torches-time-twitter|access-date=September 18, 2017|work=The Guardian|date=October 15, 2016|quote=Eugene Volokh, a Libertarian second amendment scholar|archive-date=September 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901192742/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/15/milwaukee-sheriff-david-clarke-pitchforks-torches-time-twitter|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Berrier|first1=Justin|title=The Volokh Conspiracy And Washington Post's Move To The Right|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2014/01/22/the-volokh-conspiracy-and-washington-posts-move/197694|access-date=September 18, 2017|work=Media Matters for America blog|date=January 22, 2014|archive-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011214504/https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2014/01/22/the-volokh-conspiracy-and-washington-posts-move/197694|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, one commentator described Volokh's politics as "soft libertarian", and Volokh as an "unpredictable libertarian-leaning" writer.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brooks|first1=David|title=Election loss focuses attention on new conservative views|url=https://www.chron.com/opinion/outlook/article/Brooks-Election-loss-focuses-attention-on-new-4054781.php|access-date=September 18, 2017|work=Houston Chronicle|date=November 20, 2012|archive-date=March 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301044346/https://www.chron.com/opinion/outlook/article/Brooks-Election-loss-focuses-attention-on-new-4054781.php|url-status=live}}</ref> He has been a longtime member of the [[Federalist Society]] since he first joined in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news|date=April 25, 2014|last=Volokh|first=Eugene|title= Federalist Society's second annual Executive Branch Review Conference|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/04/25/federalist-societys-second-annual-executive-branch-review-conference/|newspaper=The Washington Post|quote=I’ve been a member of the Federalist Society for over 25 years (since before I even went to law school), I’m involved with the Federalist Society’s Free Speech & Election Law Practice Group, and I often give talks (which generally come with honoraria) at Federalist Society local chapters.}}</ref>

In the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]], Volokh supported former Tennessee Senator [[Fred Thompson]], saying Thompson had good instincts on legal issues and that he preferred Thompson's positions on the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] and political speech to [[John McCain]]'s sponsorship of [[Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act|campaign finance reform]]. Volokh also liked Thompson's position in favor of [[Gun politics in the United States|individual gun ownership]].<ref name=Thompson>[[Emily Bazelon|Bazelon, Emily]] (November 26, 2007) [http://www.slate.com/id/2177688/ On the advice of counsel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819072132/http://www.slate.com/id/2177688/ |date=2011-08-19 }}, Slate.com; accessed February 27, 2018.</ref> He noted that Thompson "takes federalism seriously, and he seems to have a fairly deep-seated sense that there is a real difference between state and federal power."<ref name=Thompson/>

Volokh is a supporter of [[same-sex marriage]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Freedom to Marry, Freedom to Dissent: Why We Must Have Both|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/04/22/freedom_to_marry_freedom_to_dissent_why_we_must_have_both_122376.html|date=April 22, 2014|access-date=February 27, 2018|archive-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427095130/https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/04/22/freedom_to_marry_freedom_to_dissent_why_we_must_have_both_122376.html|url-status=live}}</ref>