- Nathan Dorn, the Curator of Rare Books at the Law Library of Congress, on Hippolytus de Marsiliis: The First Criminal Law Professor and His Books (In Custodia Legis).
- Congratulations to legal historian Jennifer L. Mnookin upon her appointment as president of Columbia University! (Columbia News).
- History, Tradition, and the Constitution (Claude's, that is) (Dorf on Law).
- "U.S. Territorial Expansion: The Constitutional Roles of Congress and the President," a Congressional Research Service Report.
- Righting the Wrongful Conviction and Execution of Daniel Sampson in Halifax in 1935, an event at Dalhousie's Schulich Law School on February 5, 2026, at 07:00 PM. The event will be recorded and posted to YouTube.
- The Virginia Tourism Corporation has launched a new Virginia Civil Rights podcast (WRIC).
- Lawbook Exchange's January 2026 catalogue of Scholarly Law & Legal History is here.
- A conversation with Jill Lepore on We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution (W.W. Norton, 2025) (BC Law).
- ICYMI: Tal Fortgang on whether Traditionalism can be Originalist (SCOTUSblog). Molly Brady, HLS, on debates from 19th-century state conventions that reveal why some constitutions allow takings for “private use" (State Court Report). Madiba K. Dennie on how originalist law professors get birthright citizenship wrong (Balls & Strikes). An Ohio Supreme Court landmark: Rogers v. Toni Home Permanent Hair Co. (1958) (CNO).
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