- Now available on-line, a recording of that National Constitution Center town hall, The Story of the U.S. Constitution: Past and Present, with Akhil Reed Amar, David Blight, and Annette Gordon-Reed.
- Also newly available online: Michael McConnell and Noah Rosenblum's debate on originalism at NYU Law on November 19, 2025.
- William M. Treanor, the Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Constitutional Law and Constitutional History and Dean Emeritus of Georgetown Law, will deliver the 2025 Gouverneur Morris Endowed Lecture of the Bronx County Historical Society at Fordham Law, which is co-sponsoring the event, on Wednesday, January 28, 2025 at 6:30 pm. Dean Treanor’s topic: “The Constitution’s Penman, Gouverneur Morris" (New York Almanack).
- Jeremy Kessler on the law and history of bans on history of viewpoint discrimination at a Columbia Law School alumni luncheon. (The event is called the "Stone Circle" Luncheon, and I'm embarrassed to say I was slow to get the reference.) (Columbia Law School).
- Heidi Kitrosser reviews Patrick G. Eddington, The Triumph of Fear: Domestic Surveillance and Political Repression from McKinley to Eisenhower (Georgetown University Press, 2025) (Lawfare).
- ICYMI: The 1924 Immigration Act is back, unfortunately (The Guardian). The Rise of Scholars' Amicus Briefs. "Gun carry regulation was always the norm" (The Hill). "A (very) short history of Crimes Against Humanity" (EJIL Talk!). "Historic Dispute Over ‘Unitary Executive’ Advances in Trump Era"--a very full and thoughtful explainer (CT Examiner).
--Dan Ernst
