- Sam Tanenhaus reviews former ASLH president Michael Willrich’s American Anarchy: The Epic Struggle Between Immigrant Radicals and the US Government at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century (Basic) in the New York Times.
- "Old Courthouse reopening shines light on Louis Brandeis’ early legal career in St. Louis" (STL Jewish Light).
- Evan Bernick, Northern Illinois University College of Law, debates birthright citizenship with Ilan Wurman, University of Minnesota Law School, at a Federalist Society event.
- Judge Beryl Howell used originalist arguments in ordered the reinstatement of a member of the National Labor Relations Board (FedSoc). And be sure to read Judge Howell's latest, on the Perkins Coie litigation, including its references to Shakespeare, John Adams, et al.
- Litigating History: Practical Observations on the Use of History in Litigation by Matthew L. Schafer, in the ABA's Communications Lawyer.
- Legal scholars on the Liberty Justice Center's brief in the litigation against the recent tariffs include Steven Calabresi (Northwestern), Harold Koh (Yale), Richard Epstein (NYU), Michael McConnell (Stanford, also former federal judge), Alan Sykes (Stanford), and Gerard Magliocca (Univ. of Indiana) (Volokh Conspiracy).
- A notice of the legal historian Michael Klarman's "Last Lecture" (although presumably not his last lecture) at HLS.
- ICYMI: Supreme Court of Ohio Honors Judicial Legacy with Melhorn Exhibit for Law Day (Court News Ohio). Sundry historians on whether Trump 2.0 is unprecedented (NYT). Rick Baldoz on the long history of politically motivated deportations (The Conversation).
- Update: Kathy Hermes on Hartford's "Exploding School house" incident (Patch).
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