In the 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 and political speech to John McCain's sponsorship of campaign finance reform. Volokh also liked Thompson's position in favor of individual gun ownership. 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." Volokh is a supporter of same-sex marriage. Writing Volokh's article about "The Commonplace Second Amendment", was cited by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's majority opinion in the landmark Second Amendment case of District of Columbia v. Heller, and he has been quoted in the media on gun laws. Volokh advocates free speech on campus, religious freedom, and other First Amendment issues, and has been widely quoted as an expert. He opposes 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. On his weblog, Volokh addresses a wide variety of issues, with a focus on politics and law. Volokh's non-academic work has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Slate, and other publications. He was a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post from 2005-2012. Selected works Books Articles See also List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 8) References External links The Volokh Conspiracy website Volokh's webpage at UCLA American bloggers American legal scholars American legal writers American libertarians Copyright scholars First Amendment scholars Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States HuffPost writers and columnists Jewish American writers Legal educators People from Greater Los Angeles Lawyers from Los Angeles Soviet emigrants to the United States Soviet Jews University of California, Los Angeles alumni UCLA School of Law alumni UCLA School of Law faculty 1968 births Living people Federalist Society members American male bloggers