- From the Chronicle of Higher Education: Adam Sitze (Amherst College) on "The Strange History of University Autonomy — and Why We Need It More Than Ever."
- "Miscarriage is a Crime Again": over at Nursing Clio, Lara Freidenfelds draws connections between the contemporary U.S. and early modern England.
- A recording of Kim Lane Schepple's really terrific Robert H. Jackson Lecturer on the Supreme Court of the United States.at the Chautauqua Institution is here. "Professor Scheppele’s lecture focused on Robert H. Jackson and constitutional separation of powers": Court-packing, destroyers for basis, North American Aviation, Nuremberg, Youngstown, and Trump v. United States. With an introduction by John Q. Barrett.
- MIT's notice of Malick Ghachem’s new book, The Colony and the Company: Haiti after the Mississippi Bubble, which "examines the pre-revolutionary changes that set Haiti’s long-term economic structure in place."
- Patrick S. O'Donnell on "The Haitian Revolution and Jacob Lawrence: Exemplifying Historical Narrative, Values and Purposes through Art."
- Check out A.B. Hart's Suggestions on the Study of History (1893). H/t: MSB.
- "The Supreme Court of Ohio is staying open late to the public on Sept. 9 with two evening tour offerings. ... See Ohio’s rich history on full display at the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center" (CNO).
- "Three UMass Dartmouth School of Law 2L students, Patrick Wilson, Adyen Artica, and Nathan Gudas, helped North Shore government officials verify approximately 200 property deeds containing racist or discriminatory language, contributing to a broader effort to clean "dirty deeds" in southern Essex County, as part of their legal internships at the Essex Registry of Deeds" (UMass Law).
- "Patrick T. Conley has donated his 1,500-volume private collection on American legal and constitutional history to the Roger Williams University School of Law" (Warwick Beacon).
- The Brennan Center Fellows Eric Ruben and Andrew Willinger's essay on the Supreme Court's reliance on historical scholarship in Second Amendment case.
- Patrick O'Donnell also has an essay on the criminal defense and cause lawyer Charles R. Garry (1909-1991).
- On September 21, 2025, 5:00 pm -6:00 pm, Jill Lepore will discuss her new book on the Constitution, We the People, at Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC PoPVille).
- "Tulane University School of Law invites applications from entry-level and lateral candidates for one or more tenure-track faculty positions. We welcome applications from candidates with teaching and research interests in all topics, but we are particularly interested in candidates who focus on torts, business organizations, and commercial law." More.
- ICYMI: Thomas Edsall on the Mind-Boggling Intrusiveness of Donald J. Trump, with quotes from Terri Bimes, Matt Dallek, Bruce Miroff,, Jack Rakove, Rogers Smith, Jeremi Suri, Sean Wilentz et al. (NYT).
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