Editing Eugene Volokh (section)

==Writing==
Volokh's article about "The Commonplace Second Amendment" (1998),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.law.ucla.edu/volokh/common.htm |title=The Commonplace Second Amendment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802054528/https://www2.law.ucla.edu/volokh/common.htm |archive-date=2020-08-02 |url-status=dead}}</ref> was cited by [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] Justice [[Antonin Scalia]]'s majority opinion in the landmark [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|Second Amendment]] case of ''[[District of Columbia v. Heller]]'',<ref>128 S. Ct. 2783, 2789.</ref> and he has been quoted in the media on gun laws.<ref>{{cite news|title=NRA Leader Pledges 'To Go On Offense' During Trump Years|url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/nation/article/NRA-leader-pledges-to-go-on-offense-in-10690963.php|access-date=September 18, 2017|work=San Francisco Chronicle|agency=Associated Press|date=December 4, 2016|archive-date=September 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919234802/http://www.sfchronicle.com/nation/article/NRA-leader-pledges-to-go-on-offense-in-10690963.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ha|first1=Tu Thanh|title=Legal hurdles get in the way of U.S. gun-control advocates|url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/legal-hurdles-get-in-the-way-of-us-gun-control-advocates/article6503516/|access-date=September 18, 2017|work=Toronto Globe and Mail|date=December 17, 2012|archive-date=January 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116110547/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/legal-hurdles-get-in-the-way-of-us-gun-control-advocates/article6503516/|url-status=live}}</ref>  His article, "Might Federal Preemption of Speech-Protective State Laws Violate the First Amendment?" (2021) was cited by  Justice [[Clarence Thomas]] in a concurring opinion for ''[[Knight First Amendment Institute v. Trump]]'' (2021), with Thomas arguing that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act might be unconstitutional and that Twitter should be regulated as a common carrier.<ref>Hasen, Richard L. (2022). ''Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons our Politics-And How to Cure It''. Yale University Press. pp. 122-125. {{ISBN|9780300259377}}.{{OCLC|1262192857}}.</ref>

Volokh advocates [[free speech]] on campus, [[religious freedom]], and other [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] issues, and has been widely quoted as an expert.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Egelko|first1=Bob|title=Milo Yiannopoulos' speech unwelcome in Berkeley, but protected by Constitution|url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/It-many-be-hate-speech-to-most-but-it-s-still-10904599.php|access-date=September 18, 2017|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=September 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918035807/http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/It-many-be-hate-speech-to-most-but-it-s-still-10904599.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Saunders|first1=Debra J.|title=I Pledge Allegiance to the First Amendment|url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/saunders/article/I-pledge-allegiance-to-the-First-Amendment-6132630.php|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=March 13, 2015|access-date=September 18, 2017|archive-date=September 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919234821/http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/saunders/article/I-pledge-allegiance-to-the-First-Amendment-6132630.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Thanawala|first1=Sudhin|title=California students suspended for 'liking' racist posts launch lawsuit|url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/california-students-suspended-for-liking-racist-posts-sue/article34905362/|access-date=September 18, 2017|work=Toronto Globe and Mail|agency=Associated Press|date=May 5, 2017|archive-date=January 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124002243/https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/california-students-suspended-for-liking-racist-posts-sue/article34905362/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Schoenberg|first=Tom|title=Facebook 'Like' of Campaign Page Ruled Free Speech|url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Facebook-Like-of-campaign-page-ruled-free-speech-4825688.php|access-date=September 18, 2017|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=September 18, 2013|archive-date=September 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919234639/http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Facebook-Like-of-campaign-page-ruled-free-speech-4825688.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rosenhall|first=Laurel|title=Legislature Runs Afoul of First Amendment Advocates|url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Legislature-runs-afoul-of-First-Amendment-10875565.php|access-date=September 18, 2017|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=January 22, 2017|archive-date=September 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919234814/http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Legislature-runs-afoul-of-First-Amendment-10875565.php|url-status=live}}</ref> He opposes [[Affirmative action in the United States|affirmative action]], having worked as a legal advisor to California's [[Proposition 209]] campaign. Volokh is a critic of what he sees as the overly broad operation of American workplace harassment laws, including those relating to [[sexual harassment]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Schabner|first1=Dean|title=Was Racial Slur Anger or Hate Crime?|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92644|access-date=September 21, 2017|work=ABC News|publisher=Go.com|date=August 15, 2017|quote=Eugene Volokh, a specialist in the First Amendment who was one of the legal advisors on California's Proposition 209 anti-race-preference ballot measure|archive-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921193439/http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92644|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Volokh|first1=Eugene|title=Freedom of Speech and Workplace Harassment|journal=UCLA L. Rev.|date=1992|volume=39|page=1791|url=https://fileleaks.com/file/9d4e1574e83024cb56e80d0a61ed51afe256f747/volokh1992freedomOfSpeechworkplaceHarassment.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311051429/https://fileleaks.com/file/9d4e1574e83024cb56e80d0a61ed51afe256f747/volokh1992freedomOfSpeechworkplaceHarassment.pdf|access-date=March 11, 2021|archive-date=2021-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.law.ucla.edu/volokh/harass/substanc.htm|title="Harassment Law and Free Speech Doctrine"|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150118142418/http://www2.law.ucla.edu/volokh/harass/substanc.htm|archive-date=2015-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Volokh|first1=Eugene|title=What Speech Does 'Hostile Work Environment' Harassment Law Restrict?|journal=Geo. L.J.|date=1997|volume=85|page=627|url=http://www2.law.ucla.edu/volokh/harass/breadth.htm|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=October 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012062125/http://www2.law.ucla.edu/volokh/harass/breadth.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

On his weblog, Volokh addresses a wide variety of issues, with a focus on politics and law.<ref>{{cite news|last=Egelko|first=Bob|title=Court Ruling Helps Bloggers in Libel Cases|url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/nation/article/Court-ruling-helps-bloggers-in-libel-cases-5153915.php|access-date=September 18, 2017|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=January 17, 2014|quote=Eugene Volokh, a UCLA law professor who is also a prolific blogger|archive-date=October 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007121543/http://www.sfchronicle.com/nation/article/Court-ruling-helps-bloggers-in-libel-cases-5153915.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Saunders|first1=Debra J.|title=Heckler's veto is not cultural appreciation|url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/saunders/article/Heckler-s-veto-is-not-cultural-appreciation-5285756.php|access-date=September 18, 2017|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=March 3, 2014|archive-date=October 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007121715/http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/saunders/article/Heckler-s-veto-is-not-cultural-appreciation-5285756.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Volokh|first1=Eugene|title=Opinion: The Volokh Conspiracy: Short Circuit: A roundup of recent federal court decisions|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/09/18/short-circuit-a-roundup-of-recent-federal-court-decisions-73/|access-date=September 18, 2017|newspaper=Washington Post|date=September 18, 2017|archive-date=September 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918232615/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/09/18/short-circuit-a-roundup-of-recent-federal-court-decisions-73/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Volokh's non-academic work has been published in ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'', and other publications. He was a contributing blogger at ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' from 2005-2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eugene Volokh {{!}} HuffPost|url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/eugene-volokh|access-date=2020-12-14|website=www.huffpost.com|language=en|archive-date=2020-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113034514/https://www.huffpost.com/author/eugene-volokh|url-status=live}}</ref>