- The legal historian David Langum has died. He was a professor or research professor at the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University as a professor of law from 1985 until his death. His publications include the Hurst Prize-winning Law and Community on the Mexican-California Frontier: Anglo-American Expatriates and the Clash of Legal Traditions, 1821-1846 (University of Oklahoma Press, 1987) and Crossing Over the Line: Legislating Morality and the Mann Act (University of Chicago Press, 1994). More.
- The Hoover Institution's Alliance for Civics in the Academy hosts "Historical Thinking and Democratic Citizenship" with Mary Clark, Suzanne Marchand, Jeffrey Collins, and Jonathan Gienapp on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, from 9:00–10:00 a.m. PT.
- The recent turn in the originalism wars has moved Dan Farbman, BC Law, to "an Emersonian polemic."
- On Sunday, April 19, 2026, from 2-4 pm, Michael Ross, University of Maryland, will lecture on “The Constitution They Argued Over: Power, Democracy, and Compromise in 1787” at the historic Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern, 73 Monument Place, Heathsville, Maryland (RealRadio).
- Stephen Lubet, Northwestern Law, on John Brown's Trial and Birthright Citizenship (Slate).
- A review of James Q. Whitman's From Masters of Slaves to Lords of Lands: The Transformation of Ownership in the Western World by Jane Webster, Newcastle University (BHR).
--Dan Ernst
