Saturday, May 30, 2020

Weekend Roundup

  • Here is an excellent webpage on digital archival research by the Mina Rees Library off the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.   
  • “The University of New Brunswick has removed George Duncan Ludlow's name from its law faculty building in Fredericton after concerns were raised last year over his involvement in residential schools and his legal endorsement of slavery.” (CBC).
  •  ICYMI: Lizabeth Cohen reviews Robert Dallek's presidential history, How Did We Get Here?  (WaPo).  Julian Davis Mortenson and Nicholas Bagley, Michigan Law, on the fopunders and the nondelegation doctrine (The Atlantic).  Ken Bridges on Heman Sweatt and the integration of University of Texas Law School (Waco Today).
  • Update: Stephen Vladeck on the federal government's authority to use troops in Minneapolis: the thread and the historical article.
Weekend Roundup is a weekly feature compiled by all the Legal History bloggers.