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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 16h

A successful day of dad-ing.

Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 17h

Currently waiting in a 200+ person line at Trader Joe’s for a chance to get a purple mini-tote for my 3-year-old. No regrets.

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 19h

Great primer on the Insurrection Act by @walterolson.bsky.social

What is the Insurrection Act? And Will Trump Invoke it? We Asked an Expert

YouTube video by New York Post

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 1d

The best legal/intellectual history article I've read in a long time. It will forever change how you think about the "marketplace of ideas."

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 2d

Hard to overstate the significance of this emerging trend, which obliterates the conventional restraints on enlisting the National Guard for federal purposes. Also hard to imagine that, "How many Guardsmen will you offer your president?" doesn't become a new litmus test for GOP governors.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 2d

Concur in full. I had the opportunity to do a similar program with Maggie and Ned, and it was an incredible experience. I'd recommend it especially to people who are looking for ways to better incorporate Native peoples and histories into their teaching and research.

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 5d

What a great opportunity! Seminar Native Peoples, American Colonialism and the Constitution with @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social & Ned Blackhawk for grad students & "junior" faculty. In person & virtual. Apply by 10/10.
www.nyhistory.org/education/in...

The New York Historical’s Bonnie and Richard Reiss Graduate Institute for Constitutional History is accepting applications for its fall 2025 seminar for advanced graduate students and junior faculty.
seminar | fall 2025

Native Peoples, American Colonialism, and the US Constitution

Fridays, November 7 and 21, December 5 and 12, 2025 | 11 am–2 pm ET
Instructors: Maggie Blackhawk, Ned Blackhawk

As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, this seminar invites a critical examination of a central paradox in American constitutional history: how can a nation celebrate a founding document and constitutional tradition built, in part, on the dispossession of Indigenous homelands? Indian affairs and westward expansion were foundational to the creation and evolution of the US Constitution, yet Native history remains marginalized within the fields of constitutional history and mainstream constitutional scholarship. This seminar explores emerging historical and legal literature that re-centers Native peoples and American colonialism in the narrative of US constitutional development.

Presented in person at The New York Historical and via Zoom

Apply by October 10, 2025

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 2d

Hard to overstate the significance of this emerging trend, which obliterates the conventional restraints on enlisting the National Guard for federal purposes. Also hard to imagine that, "How many Guardsmen will you offer your president?" doesn't become a new litmus test for GOP governors.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 3d

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 3d

Please stop.

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 3d

Ummm....

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 3d

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 4d

👏👏👏👏👏

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 5d

Venezuela is ~1500 miles from the US. These boats have a range of 20-40% that distance.

Call this what it is: wanton killing, unsupported by law and unjustified by any principles of just war.

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 5d

Venezuela is ~1500 miles from the US. These boats have a range of 20-40% that distance.

Call this what it is: wanton killing, unsupported by law and unjustified by any principles of just war.

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Dan Walters @profdanwalters.bsky.social · 5d

Our Center on the Structural Constitution, led by @crockeroncourts.bsky.social and Neil Siegel, has organized an amazing symposium with the Harvard Law Review on the politics and law of judicial review. And the best news is that you can attend online!

harvardlawreview.org/judicial-rev...

Judicial Review in Jeopardy? Symposium - Harvard Law Review

The Harvard Law Review is proud to host, in collaboration with the Center on the Structural Constitution at Texas A&M University School of Law,...

harvardlawreview.org

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5d

Well, if only there were a large supply of foreign students who would happily pay a premium price to get access to American higher education.

Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 5d

"'There simply aren’t enough students to go around,' said Nathan Grawe, an economist at Carleton College in Minnesota. But the effects of the demographic cliff, he noted, 'won’t be evenly distributed.'"

U.S. Colleges Are About to See a Big Decline in Applicants

Forget a lot of what you thought you knew about higher education.

nymag.com

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 5d

"'There simply aren’t enough students to go around,' said Nathan Grawe, an economist at Carleton College in Minnesota. But the effects of the demographic cliff, he noted, 'won’t be evenly distributed.'"

U.S. Colleges Are About to See a Big Decline in Applicants

Forget a lot of what you thought you knew about higher education.

nymag.com

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 7d

🥳🎉 Thrilled to announce that—because of an APSA panel that never happened and at which no papers were presented—I've been offered the opportunity to curate a special issue inspired by my work!

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 7d

🥳🎉 Thrilled to announce that—because of an APSA panel that never happened and at which no papers were presented—I've been offered the opportunity to curate a special issue inspired by my work!

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 8d

At the beginning of Trump's actual speech: "Just have a good time. If you want to applaud, you applaud. And if you want to do anything you want—you can do anything you want. And if you don’t like what I’m saying you can leave the room. Of course there goes your rank, there goes your future.”

'Have your back, 100%': Trump tells room full of Military leaders

YouTube video by The National Desk

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Michael Hankinson @hankinson.bsky.social · 9d

I'm excited to share that we're running a junior faculty search in American politics. Proud to see GWU continue to invest in political science. Link: www.gwu.jobs/postings/122...

Assistant Professor of Political Science

The Department of Political Science invites applications for a tenure-track position in American Politics at the rank of assistant professor beginning as early as Fall 2026. This position is pending f...

www.gwu.jobs

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 9d

Until next time, Toronto.

Back to the grind after a too short visit with the most important ones.

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 9d

I suspect this week's gathering of senior military personnel will lean towards the "merely performative" option identified here. But it's important to recognize that this is where we are—and that none of these options are off the table.

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 9d

From this (chilling) piece.

FAQ for Senior Military Officers at Hegseth's Quantico Meeting

Military justice expert Eugene Fidell answers crucial questions ahead of next week's senior military meeting with Secretary Hegseth.

www.justsecurity.org

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