Talk:Eugene Volokh

Shift in views : 2007

A number of commenters at Volokh Conspiracy have noted a recent adjustment in EV's tone and subject matter. Specifically, EV has been more vocal and absolutist regarding an individual right to bear arms (both before and after the VA Tech tragedy). He has also shown an increased willingness to both address and adopt substantially partisan viewpoints, especially concerning the debate on the war in Iraq, gun control, and mainstream media liberal bias.

I will collect the relevent cites from commentary on VC and other blogs as necessary. I wanted to note this now in case this adjustment continued or increased such that his views as discussed in the article needed to be updated.

76.100.53.59 20:54, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Source

A source that might be useful for improving the article is The Volokh Conspiracy Is Out To Get You—And Everyone in America, a long-form article on Volokh and his eponymous blog, published in Tablet Magazine, 3 April 2014. Cheers. N2e (talk) 15:35, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

HCSSiM!!

I have added to the "Early Life" section the important fact that Volokh is an alum of the prestigious Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics. Goblinshark17 (talk) 21:50, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Correct! I was there with him (summer 1979). A point of trivia is that he was the youngest person ever to attend. Newyorkbrad (talk) 07:25, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

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Orphaned references in Eugene Volokh

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Eugene Volokh's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Volokh":

• From Natural-born-citizen clause: Volokh, Eugene (August 10, 2020). "Yes, Kamala Harris Is Indeed a Natural-Born Citizen". Reason.
• From Kim Davis: Volokh, Eugene (September 8, 2015). "Kim Davis released from jail, plus more on her requested accommodation". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
• From Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories: Volokh interpreted the law differently in Janega, James (October 30, 2008). "Rumor calls Obama's birth certificate fake But his critics don't appear to have proof". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on December 27, 2008. Retrieved February 1, 2011., but later posted a correction at Volokh, Eugene (December 1, 2008). "Correction About Natural-Born Citizen Law". The Volokh Conspiracy. Archived from the original on July 8, 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
• From Right to keep and bear arms in the United States: Volokh, Eugene (November–December 1988). "Testimony of Eugene Volokh on the Second Amendment, Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, September 23, 1998". California Political Review: 23. A recent exhaustive study reveals that there was exactly one statement in the 1800s cases or commentaries supporting the collective rights view, a concurring opinion in an 1842 Arkansas state court case.
• From List of firearm court cases in the United States: Volokh, Eugene (November–December 1998). "Testimony of Eugene Volokh on the Second Amendment, Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, September 23, 1998". California Political Review: 23. A recent exhaustive study reveals that there was exactly one statement in the 1800s cases or commentaries supporting the collective rights view, a concurring opinion in an 1842 Arkansas state court case.
• From William Blackstone: "n Guilty Men", 146 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 173, Alexander Volokh, 1997.
• From Quran oath controversy of the 110th United States Congress: Eugene Volokh (November 29, 2006). "Oh Say, Can You Swear on a Koran? What's correct". National Review Online. Archived from the original on December 7, 2006. Retrieved December 6, 2006.
• From Judicial minimalism: Volokh, Eugene (2011-01-19) “Judicial Minimalism” (at Least of One Sort), Pro and Con, Volokh Conspiracy
• From Kamala Harris citizenship conspiracy theories: Volokh, Eugene (August 13, 2020). "Yes, Kamala Harris is eligible to be vice president | Opinion". Newsweek. Retrieved August 14, 2020. The same is true for people born in the U.S. whose parents were foreign citizens. They were 'natural-born subjects' under English law, and thus 'natural-born citizens' to the Framers. Kamala Harris easily fits within that category.... [No] one thinks, for instance, that [such children] are immune from criminal prosecutions or civil lawsuits. They are likewise "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship purposes.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 11:21, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Computer Software

Is this the same guy who created MPEX for the HP3000 as well as published the 'Burn Before Reading' article on HP3000 holes in security? Jokem (talk) 21:50, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

Don't know, and Wikipedia Talk pages are not a forum, so not really a good place to discuss it. However, if you have a source that shows Volokh involvement with other academic or career projects, please list it, as this Talk page is about improving the biography of this person. N2e (talk) 00:24, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Oh yes, Eugene in his early years did consulting for Hewlett-Packard and was considered an expert on their HP 3000 line of business computer systems. He and his father started Vesoft (VE for Vladimir and Eugene I believe) and created systems/utility tools for the HP 3000 including MPEX (MPE eXtended, a replacement command line interpreter for the MPE operating system on the 3000, and Security/3000 a replacement logon security subsystem for MPE. Both products were extremely popular and MPEX was probably sold to a majority of HP 3000 customers. Eugene spoke at a number of early HP 3000 users-group conferences, wrote/edited a number of books about the platform, etc. Vladimir was a well-known character in the HP 3000 community as well. 67.175.211.152 (talk) 21:41, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Request for minor correction

Dear Editors: I am no longer an academic affiliate at Mayer Brown LLP, but am now at Schaerr | Jaffe LLP, see https://www.schaerr-jaffe.com/eugene-volokh. My understanding is that posting a comment such as this is the proper way for the subject of an article to ask for a modification; my apologies if I have erred on that. Many thanks,

Eugene Volokh EugeneVolokh (talk) 17:55, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

 Done I have made the addition of the Schaerr Jaffe affiliation. We don't have a source that you are no longer an affiliate at Mayer Brown, or being careful about the source in the article, that you were an affiliate at Mayer Brown after 2018. So if you have such a source, preferably a secondary source that clarifies the transition, or date that ended, please add it here and someone can try to clarify that information. Also, a good source that you are an "academic affiliate" at Schaerr Jaffe would be helpful, as the SJ website merely shows you have some sort of affiliation with Schaerr Jaffe, as implied by your bio there.

And yes, a comment on this Talk page such as you left it above is exactly the best way for you to suggest a correction to this article, per our WP:COI policy. Thanks for that! N2e (talk) 00:19, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Court ruling

I thought these might be useful.

https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/15/new-york-court-free-speech-victory-hateful-conduct-law/

https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/14/court-blocks-new-york-law-mandating-posting-of-hateful-conduct-policies-by-social-media-platforms-including-us/

Ponder perpetual motion (talk) 22:58, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Image from 2004

There is no other Wikipedia article on a living person that uses a 20-year old image to depict the subject. Viriditas (talk) 23:01, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Ukranian name in American infobox

There is no other Wikipedia article on a living person that uses a foreign language in the infobox to depict an American citizen. Viriditas (talk) 23:03, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

That's incorrect. Flipping through any (ethnicity)-americans list will show you plenty of examples otherwise. More importantly I don't see what the issue is with writing his birth name as it was actually written. XeCyranium (talk) 23:57, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Request for update to photo and affiliation

Dear editors: While I would be delighted to look as young as I did in the photo on the page, it's been literally 20 years. Might it be helpful to use the less flattering but more accurate photo at https://www.law.ucla.edu/volokh/volokh.jpg?

Also, effective July 1, I will be Emeritus at UCLA (same title, but with Emeritus at the end); my new full-time research position (which I am already occupying) is as the Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Many thanks,

Eugene Volokh EugeneVolokh (talk) 05:42, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

[Double post, sorry.]

Thanks. I think we should use both photos as the content expands. You are unusually photogenic. Congratulations on winning the genetic lottery. Viriditas (talk) 20:40, 22 June 2024 (UTC)