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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

"The combination of Mr. Trump’s authoritarian moves and the Supreme Court’s authorization of them has produced, for many, a deepening despair. But here is the essential fact: The Constitution’s meaning is not the Supreme Court’s alone to define. It belongs to 'we the people.' "

Opinion | The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 8d

And for a (fantastic) read on the "lessons of history" and the constitutional threat of Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, see this amicus brief from @marthasjones.bsky.social and @katemasur.bsky.social:
www.brennancenter.org/media/13981/...

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 8d

BREAKING! 1st Cir. blocks Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship. Strong, clear close:

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Richards Center Penn State @richardscenter.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congratulations to Guy Emerson Mount, winner of the George and Ann Richards Prize for the best article published in @jcwe.bsky.social in 2024!

Learn more: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/news/announc...

Announcing the Winner of the 2024 George and Ann Richards Prize - George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center

Guy Emerson Mount has won the $1,000 George and Ann Richards Prize for the best article published in The Journal of the Civil War Era in 2024. The article, “Shall I Go? Black Colonization in the Pacif...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Sep 8

Congratulations to Dr. Mount!

Richards Center Penn State @richardscenter.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congratulations to Guy Emerson Mount, winner of the George and Ann Richards Prize for the best article published in @jcwe.bsky.social in 2024!

Learn more: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/news/announc...

Announcing the Winner of the 2024 George and Ann Richards Prize - George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center

Guy Emerson Mount has won the $1,000 George and Ann Richards Prize for the best article published in The Journal of the Civil War Era in 2024. The article, “Shall I Go? Black Colonization in the Pacif...

richardscenter.la.psu.edu

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The 14th Amendment Center @the14thcenter.bsky.social · Sep 5

We’re proud to launch The Refounding, the 14th Amendment Center’s new newsletter! Stay connected with legal updates, scholarship & events that illuminate the past, present & future of the 14th Amendment. Read the first installment written by our founder @sifill.bsky.social medium.com/@TheRefoundi...

Introducing “The Refounding” from the 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy

Far too many Americans still do not know about the promise and potential power of the 14th Amendment, or its role in transforming America

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The 14th Amendment Center @the14thcenter.bsky.social · Sep 8

Have you registered for the free webinar on birthright citizenship yet? It’s time to learn what’s at stake. We cannot protect it if we don’t understand it.
howard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Sep 8

Have you registered for the free webinar on birthright citizenship yet? It’s time to learn what’s at stake. We cannot protect it if we don’t understand it.
howard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Aug 25

In today's Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever has a conversation with Shae Smith Cox about her book, The Fabric of the Civil War Society www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/08/conv...

Conversation Shae Smith Cox - The Journal of the Civil War Era

In today’s Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever has a conversation with Shae Cox Smith, Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University about her book, The Fabric of Civil War Society: Uniforms, Ba...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Aug 29

Muster is looking for new contributors! We want to include a wide range of voices from many different of perspectives. Please share the following call widely. www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/08/call...

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · Aug 8

It's not just Pirro's office. The federal government has been bleeding qualified career attorneys throughout the DOJ and elsewhere. They are simply not equipped to handle it if everyone who is targeted by their illegal power grabs were to push back and take them to court.

Allegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social · Aug 8

Pirro said her office is “down 90 prosecutors” and told Fox viewers, "If you want a job in the nation’s capital in the premier office, the largest U.S. Attorney’s office, contact me at [email protected].”

www.mediaite.com/media/tv/u-s...

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro Appeals to Fox News Viewers To Join Her Office: ‘Contact Me At…’

"Contact me."

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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · Aug 7

In our continuing #AHAPerspectives series on the historical work of NPS, @katemasur.bsky.social and Greg Downs write about their work advocating for NPS to include Reconstruction in its interpretation.

Collaborating with the Park Service – AHA

When the National Park Service moved to incorporate Reconstruction into its historical interpretation, it was with the help of academic historians.

www.historians.org

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · Aug 8

Historians @katemasur.bsky.social and Greg Downs write about their collaboration with the National Park Service to help establish Reconstruction Era National Historical Park. All of this good work is now under threat from the Trump administration. #NationalParks
www.historians.org/perspectives...

Collaborating with the Park Service – AHA

When the National Park Service moved to incorporate Reconstruction into its historical interpretation, it was with the help of academic historians.

www.historians.org

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · Jul 30

Between this and the news that Vought has stopped the NIH from issuing any more grants this year — (illegally) refusing to spend money that Congress has allocated — we're getting a glimpse of what could be a really ugly future for higher ed and science / technology in the US. And it's coming fast.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · Jul 30

Northwestern University announced Tuesday that it was laying off 425 staffers as the university faces a $790 million federal funding freeze from the Trump administration.
https://trib.al/ekGFuxI

Northwestern University lays off 425 amid Trump funding freeze

In an email to the university community Tuesday, Northwestern's president, Michael Schill, announced the school's most extreme cost-cutting measure yet. This year, the Trump administration announced it was freezing $790 million earmarked for the school.

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · Jul 30

Everything you need to know about birthright citizenship as advocates continue to fight (successfully) against the administration's attempts to undermine it, courtesy of my @brennancenter.org team:

www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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Birthright Citizenship Under the U.S. Constitution

The 14th Amendment has long been understood to grant American citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · Jul 27

Having shaken down Columbia, Trump reportedly now wants to "settle" w Northwestern & other schools. I beg anyone w power at these schools (& I've reached out to a handful of ppl at NWern directly) to read this critical analysis by Columbia law prof. David Pozen:
balkin.blogspot.com/2025/07/regu...

Balkinization: Regulation by Deal Comes to Higher Ed

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Jul 29

This is actually a significant & frightening step in the fascist flex.

If you support someone targeted by Trump the DOJ will turn its investigatory muscle against you.

Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...

Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation

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Gautham Rao @gauthamrao.bsky.social · Jul 28

Congratulations to my student Henry Dickmeyer for this H-net/H-fedhist review of @katemasur.bsky.social and Greg Downs recent article in the Journal of American Constitutional History!

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H-Net Review [H-FedHist]: Dickmeyer on Masur and Downs, “Designed to Ameliorate the Condition of People of Color: The Reconstruction Republicans and the Question of Affirmative Action” | H-Net

Kate Masur & Gregory Downs, “Designed to Ameliorate the Condition of People of Color: The Reconstruction Republicans and the Question of Affirmative Action,” Journal of American Constitutional History...

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Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · Jul 21

Starting a project on historical understandings of invasion, rebellion, and executing the laws. Short version. No president during the 18th or 19th century would have federalized state militia to deal with sporadic violence during a political protest.
www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/07/the-...

The Militia Act of 1903 in Historical Context - The Journal of the Civil War Era

Recent events have turned public attention to the previously obscure Militia Act of 1903 and the even more obscure historians and political scientists interested in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Jun 16

In today's Muster, Andrew Donnelly discusses his new book, Confederate Sympathies: Same-Sex Romance, Disunion, and Reunion in the Civil War Era www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/06/andr...

Andrew Donnelly, Confederate Sympathies, and the History of Same-Sex Romance during the Civil War Era - The Journal of the Civil War Era

In today’s Muster, associate editor Robert Bland is joined by Andrew Donnelly to discuss his new book Confederate Sympathies: Same-Sex Romance, Disunion, and Reunion in the Civil War Era. Professor Do...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Jul 10

In today's Muster, Joan Cashin and Alaina Roberts discuss their special issue of the JCWE on Material Culture during the Civil War era www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/07/conv...

Conversation with June 2025 Special Issue Editors Joan E. Cashin and Alaina E. Roberts - The Journal of the Civil War Era

In today’s Muster, Associate Editor Robert Bland discusses the JCWE’s June special issue on material culture with guest editors Joan E. Cashin and Alaina E. Roberts. Dr. Cashin is a professor of histo...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Jul 21

In today's Muster, Law Professor Mark Graber discusses the historical context for the Militia Act of 1903 www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/07/the-...

The Militia Act of 1903 in Historical Context - The Journal of the Civil War Era

Recent events have turned public attention to the previously obscure Militia Act of 1903 and the even more obscure historians and political scientists interested in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ...

www.journalofthecivilwarera.org

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John Craig Hammond @johncraighammond.bsky.social · Jul 11

40% off these wonderful volumes to round out your summer history reading list.

"A Firebell in the Past: The MIssouri Crisis at 200,"
Vols. I and II.

Use code SUMMER40
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