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Brad Snyder

@bradsnyderprof.bsky.social

Georgetown Law professor. Author of You Can't Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads. W.W. Norton. Books on Felix Frankfurter, House of Truth, Curt Flood, Grays.

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Alessandro Nai@alessandronai.bsky.social · last yr.

#29 Night Watch (Jayne Anne Phillips, 2023) Luminous but brutal story of have-nots (or are they?) set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. Prose so beautiful I had to read multiple passages several times. Deeply-layered characters and strong emotional payoff. A gem. #booksky 📚🖋️💙

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Colored Conventions Project@ccp-org.bsky.social · last mo.

“John Mercer Langston...began by saying that he was a believer in the Declaration of American Independence; and proceeded to show that all people in the land, white and colored, were slaves to the oligarchy which inaugurated the present rebellion” +

Marty Lederman@martylederman.bsky.social · last mo.

If this (especially the altered lyric in the third verse) doesn't move you to tears, well ... www.facebook.com/watch/?v=117... Though we can't be forever blessed, may you all have a peaceful Fourth ... and get some rest.

6.9K views · 202 reactions | Written and released by Paul Simon back in 1973 ‘American Tune’ has always been one of my favourite songs of his. He and Garfunkel performed it at the recorded Concert in Central Park, which is probably why I know it so well. It was stunning. Now here at Newport Folk Festival the incredible Rhiannon Giddens performs it. Paul picking out the beautiful melody apparently based on Bach's setting of a hymn “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” and Rhiannon accompanying on banjo and her voice soaring out as she sings some slightly amended lyrics to better reflect that which hopefully collectively we better acknowledge almost 50 years on and to allow a Woman of colour to powerfully and honestly sing this song. ‘ We didn’t come here on the Mayflower We came on a ship in a blood red moon ..’ Rhiannon Giddens tweeted ‘It’s important to say that Paul changed the lyrics. Not me’ Thanks to Amy Karibian who captured this and so many other moments from the festival. All are on her YouTube channel | Daily Dose of Musical Medicine

Written and released by Paul Simon back in 1973 ‘American Tune’ has always been one of my favourite songs of his. He and Garfunkel performed it at the recorded Concert in Central Park, which is...

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Dan Ernst@dbqur.bsky.social · last yr.

Brandeis on Humphrey's Executor: "If men on the Federal Trade Commission and similar government agencies are not allowed to exercise their independent judgment we should have in effect a dictatorship or a totalitarian state. What would happen to us if Huey Long were President . . . ?"

Zinn Education Project@zinnedproject.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#tdih 1873 Louisiana: Colfax Massacre 💔 on Easter Sunday. Republicans had narrowly won 1872 election to retain control of state & a Black militia defended the victory, but KKK & more white supremacists used brutal violence to overturn results. #terrorism ⬇️ 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/co...

April 13, 1873: Colfax Massacre

The Ku Klux Klan carried out the Colfax Massacre in response to a Republican victory in the 1872 elections.

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Tanner Allread@tannerallread.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Honestly still in shock by its placement, but my article (and job talk paper), “Indigenous Constitutionalism,” is officially out in the Harvard Law Review. A brief thread on this project🧵 harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...

Indigenous Constitutionalism - Harvard Law Review

By standard accounts, there are fifty-four constitutions across the federal, state, and territorial governments of the United States. But in fact, there are 230 other governmental constitutions that currently govern peoples and territories within the United States. These constitutions not only flow from a sovereignty that existed prior to the United States but also came out of a legal movement that asserted its independence from both the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions. This Article tells the story of these constitutions — the constitutions of Native nations.

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Mary Dudziak@marydudziak.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Wow! Books by Michelle Adams, Jill Lepore, @johnfabianwitt.bsky.social & @bradsnyderprof.bsky.social up for the ABA Silver Gavel Award! www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

ABA names 2026 finalists for Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts

WASHINGTON, March 11, 2026 —The American Bar Association today announced the 31 finalists for the 2026 Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts, which recognize outstanding work that fosters the Ame...

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Jeanne Theoharis@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:

A photo of teenage Claudette Colvin in glasses and a sweater.
Leah Litman@leahlitman.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Big ups to Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social who flagged this argument that SCOTUS relied on (that regular forces refer to military forces, not federal law enforcement).

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · 8mo ago

NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court's order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties' initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term "regular forces" in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Government argues that the term refers to civilian law enforcement officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service. Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress." 18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.