Anthony Michael Kreis
@anthonymkreis.bsky.social
Constitutional law prof and historical political scientist studying:
The United States Supreme Court
American Political Development
Anglo-American Constitutionalism
📍Atlanta
Author, Rot and Revival:
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/rot-and-revival/paper
The United States Supreme Court
American Political Development
Anglo-American Constitutionalism
📍Atlanta
Author, Rot and Revival:
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/rot-and-revival/paper
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Rot and Revival: The History of Constitutional Law in American Political Development: Kreis, Anthony Michael: 9780520394193: Amazon.com: Books
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🥳🥂 PUBLICATION DAY! 🎉🍾
After many years of work, my University of California Press book, Rᴏᴛ ᴀɴᴅ Rᴇᴠɪᴠᴀʟ: Tʜᴇ Hɪsᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏғ Cᴏɴsᴛɪᴛᴜᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ Lᴀᴡ ɪɴ Aᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴ Pᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ Dᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴍᴇɴᴛ, is out in the world! So grateful for all the support that made it possible! t.co/RQ6vd1qs4M
After many years of work, my University of California Press book, Rᴏᴛ ᴀɴᴅ Rᴇᴠɪᴠᴀʟ: Tʜᴇ Hɪsᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏғ Cᴏɴsᴛɪᴛᴜᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ Lᴀᴡ ɪɴ Aᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴ Pᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ Dᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴍᴇɴᴛ, is out in the world! So grateful for all the support that made it possible! t.co/RQ6vd1qs4M
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Excellent stuff from my GSU colleague!
Excellent stuff from my GSU colleague!
🚀 I’ve just released a new working paper on SSRN that tells a different story of how corporate law shapes the startup and VC landscape.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Excellent stuff from my GSU colleague!
Excellent stuff from my GSU colleague!
I’m sorry that my even-keeled but straightforward constitutional analysis in the press upsets folks, but this is how reliable credibility is built.
BE MORE DIRECT AND EXPLICIT. YOU MAKE IT SOUND LIKE THERE'S A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING WHEN WE HAVE A BLOODTHIRSTY DICTATOR WANTING TO CONVICT AND KILL SENATORS.
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I’m sorry that my even-keeled but straightforward constitutional analysis in the press upsets folks, but this is how reliable credibility is built.
Long live the Stuart Constitution.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL CONFIRMS FBI HAS REQUESTED INTERVIEWS WITH SIX U.S. LAWMAKERS WHO WARNED ABOUT ILLEGAL MILITARY ORDERS
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Long live the Stuart Constitution.
I missed Bonecrusher Bob. It’s been a year or two since he’s written.
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I missed Bonecrusher Bob. It’s been a year or two since he’s written.
Reposted by Anthony Michael Kreis
Indeed. This is a prescription for Duma.
“Having a United States senator subject to discipline at the behest of the secretary of defense and the president — that violates a core principle of legislative independence,” Kreis said in a phone interview.
apnews.com/article/pent...
apnews.com/article/pent...
Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says it's investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called...
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Indeed. This is a prescription for Duma.
The origin of this law? A Reconstruction-era Black Code to prevent recently freed persons in some counties from gaining any independence from working on white owned plantations.
In Georgia, picking wild fruit could cost you $1,000 — unless you go here
www.ajc.com/video/news/2...
In Georgia, picking wild fruit could cost you $1,000 — unless you go here
www.ajc.com/video/news/2...
In Georgia, picking wild fruit could cost you $1,000 — unless you go here
The Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill offers a rare, legal area to forage for fruits, nuts and herbs. Credits: AJC | Library of Congress | The Conservation Fund
www.ajc.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The origin of this law? A Reconstruction-era Black Code to prevent recently freed persons in some counties from gaining any independence from working on white owned plantations.
In Georgia, picking wild fruit could cost you $1,000 — unless you go here
www.ajc.com/video/news/2...
In Georgia, picking wild fruit could cost you $1,000 — unless you go here
www.ajc.com/video/news/2...
ECJ: Poland must recognize same-sex marriages lawfully performed within the EU. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
EU countries must mutually recognise same-sex marriages, ECJ rules
The European Court of Justice has ruled that member states must recognise same-sex marriages lawfully concluded in another member state. The decision is poised to be greeted positively by Europe's LGB...
www.euronews.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
ECJ: Poland must recognize same-sex marriages lawfully performed within the EU. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
The SecDef would be wise to read the Constitution before posting anti-constitutional attacks on Senator Mark Kelly.
The Incompatibility Clause:
"...and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office."
Art. 1, Sec. 6, Cl. 2.
The Incompatibility Clause:
"...and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office."
Art. 1, Sec. 6, Cl. 2.
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The SecDef would be wise to read the Constitution before posting anti-constitutional attacks on Senator Mark Kelly.
The Incompatibility Clause:
"...and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office."
Art. 1, Sec. 6, Cl. 2.
The Incompatibility Clause:
"...and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office."
Art. 1, Sec. 6, Cl. 2.
Every day, this administration does things that are almost too on-the-nose for me.
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Every day, this administration does things that are almost too on-the-nose for me.
The Lord High Admiral is displeased and embarrassing himself.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The Lord High Admiral is displeased and embarrassing himself.
A Sugar Tax extension, you say?
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A Sugar Tax extension, you say?
Reposted by Anthony Michael Kreis
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
Reposted by Anthony Michael Kreis
This is honestly what I've been stuck on all day, in addition to the absurd level of weakness it exposes.
This is the "weird," but in their use of the office.
This is the "weird," but in their use of the office.
Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is.
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This is honestly what I've been stuck on all day, in addition to the absurd level of weakness it exposes.
This is the "weird," but in their use of the office.
This is the "weird," but in their use of the office.
“Having a United States senator subject to discipline at the behest of the secretary of defense and the president — that violates a core principle of legislative independence,” Kreis said in a phone interview.
apnews.com/article/pent...
apnews.com/article/pent...
Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says it's investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called...
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
“Having a United States senator subject to discipline at the behest of the secretary of defense and the president — that violates a core principle of legislative independence,” Kreis said in a phone interview.
apnews.com/article/pent...
apnews.com/article/pent...
I thought this was America.
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I thought this was America.
Next thing, he’ll march down to the Capitol and sit in the Speaker’s chair.
“Within the White House, Trump and his lieutenants aren’t planning on letting up…Trump has told some advisers that he wants RICO prosecutions and conspiracy charges leveled against the six Democrats, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Zeteo…
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Next thing, he’ll march down to the Capitol and sit in the Speaker’s chair.
Reposted by Anthony Michael Kreis
Turns out Originalism didn’t start as a reaction to the Warren Court or Brown but as a tool to argue the 15th Amendment was either invalid or didn’t apply to the states. Here’s the real birth story of the doctrine (discovered by a real historian): www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/11/orig...
Originalism's Racist Birth and Subsequent Death
A few weeks ago at the Federalist Society National Convention, Judge Patrick Bumatay of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit decla...
www.dorfonlaw.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Turns out Originalism didn’t start as a reaction to the Warren Court or Brown but as a tool to argue the 15th Amendment was either invalid or didn’t apply to the states. Here’s the real birth story of the doctrine (discovered by a real historian): www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/11/orig...
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Absolutely. Trump is acting like a Stuart king. If Thune and Johnson cared about the constitutional power of the branch of government in which they serve -- and indeed about the preservation of small-r republican government -- they'd hit back hard. Not holding my breath, alas.
One might think this is exactly the kind of thing the separation of powers and the Speech or Debate Clause were designed to prevent. It’s positively Charles I type behavior.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Absolutely. Trump is acting like a Stuart king. If Thune and Johnson cared about the constitutional power of the branch of government in which they serve -- and indeed about the preservation of small-r republican government -- they'd hit back hard. Not holding my breath, alas.
One might think this is exactly the kind of thing the separation of powers and the Speech or Debate Clause were designed to prevent. It’s positively Charles I type behavior.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
One might think this is exactly the kind of thing the separation of powers and the Speech or Debate Clause were designed to prevent. It’s positively Charles I type behavior.
Reposted by Anthony Michael Kreis
NEW: Judge Currie finds that Lindsay Halligan was UNLAWFULLY APPOINTED and dismisses the James Comey and Letitia James indictments without prejudice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
NEW: Judge Currie finds that Lindsay Halligan was UNLAWFULLY APPOINTED and dismisses the James Comey and Letitia James indictments without prejudice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Reposted by Anthony Michael Kreis
"Less requirements" such as the requirement to understand the difference between "less" and "fewer."
Linda McMahon: "The states will have less requirements because more money will go in block grants to the states ... I have called for a hard reset of education because we have failed our students."
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"Less requirements" such as the requirement to understand the difference between "less" and "fewer."
Reposted by Anthony Michael Kreis
Laughing at the Saints adding William Sherman to the active roster for today's game against Atlanta.
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Laughing at the Saints adding William Sherman to the active roster for today's game against Atlanta.
I’m vulgar!?!?!
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I’m vulgar!?!?!
Do I need this?
November 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Do I need this?