Focusing on the conceptual architecture of the dissents in the Slaughter-House Cases (1873), Pamela Brandwein reconfigures narratives about the development of liberalism, police powers jurisprudence, and the relationship between the two. #APSRFirstView ow.ly/bt9u50Q68MF

“Our staff take their children to work so they know they are safe or can die together”

Grateful for the opportunity to discuss the Israel-Hamas war with Sari Bashi and Tom Dannenbaum. Thanks to John Mikhail for the invitation. 2023 Maryse and Ramzy Mikhail Memorial Lecture youtube.com/live/LF1U-2a8l… via YouTube

It was a privilege to discuss these issues with Adil Haque and Sari Bashi for this year’s Maryse and Ramzy Mikhail Memorial Lecture. Thank you John Mikhail for the invitation and for moderating. youtube.com/live/LF1U-2a8l…

Unbound's latest symposium honors the late Karen Knop and her work. Thanks to Ryan Liss, @fleurej, Karen Engle, & @anneliseriles for putting together such a fitting tribute to Karen. bit.ly/3O4JFsL

5Qs with Professor Roseanna Sommers on winning the SAGE Early Career Trajectory Award for her interdisciplinary work examining legal concepts such as consent, autonomy, and moral responsibility. michigan.law.umich.edu/news/sage-awar…

The latest issue of the Journal of American Constitutional History is out—check it out! jach.law.wisc.edu

Great reflection and analysis here by Christopher L. Brown on the long intellectual impact of Eric Williams’ Capitalism & Slavery (1943), which was just reprinted by @[email protected], and by UNC Press. It’s a feast of insights. From the London Review of Books. portside.org/2023-12-18/fun…

A Reality Check on “Officers of the United States” balkin.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-real… cc: William Baude Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @judgeluttig Jed Shugerman @mgraber_ @GerardNMagliocc Marty Lederman @Richard_Primus Leah Litman Kate Shaw Josh Chafetz Jonathan Gienapp Jack Rakove Roger Parloff Rick Hasen Charlie Savage

NPR Morning Edition fans: guess who's coming to speak at UToledo? Leila Fadel, co-host of Morning Edition and the NPR podcast Up First will speak at The University of Toledo Law Center Auditorium next Monday, Sept. 9, 6pm. Read more...loom.ly/E0qIMWQ #UToledoMikhail

1/5 As a naturalized American who was born and raised in Haiti and whose identity remains deeply tied to Haiti as a place and a people, I always knew the final move of the vilification Vance began was for Trump to promise to kick out Haitians. It’s the next logical step.

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(1/5) Very excited to announce the publication of Bayesian Models of Cognition: Reverse Engineering the Mind. More than a decade in the making, it's a big (600+ pages) beautiful book covering both the basics and recent work: mitpress.mit.edu/9780262049412/…

There have been lots of great experimental studies about how people attribute the mental states relevant to criminal responsibility (purpose, knowledge, recklessness, negligence) A thread of some interesting findings:

Trump's violations follow an old playbook—trigger lawsuits, giving the Supreme Court a chance to declare statutes unconstitutional. newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

Fairly extensive update on Caro’s last LBJ volume, says he’s on page 951 smithsonianmag.com/history/riflin…

OPINION | In Just Security, #GeorgetownLaw professor John Mikhail dissects eight examples from recent DOJ appellate briefs, arguing they distort constitutional history to defend the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict birthright citizenship. bit.ly/4jKziaW

The health ministry has released a new 1,000-page document with the names, ages and other info, of 52,959 Palestinians killed in Gaza. For the first 100 pages (over 5,000 names), the age is listed at 5 years or younger. The first 18 pages the age is listed as 0 (under 1 year)

Experimental Jurisprudence (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) plato.stanford.edu/entries/experi…

Meanwhile, in Sudan, due to USAID cuts - “babies starved quietly” - “older siblings died begging for food.” - it has become “harder to contain cholera outbreaks,” killing those weakened by hunger - 5 million “may lose access to lifesaving health services” washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/…