by Risa Goluboff
I have decided to share with you a very new project—about the white supremacist and anti-Semitic violence that took place in my hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia on August 11 and 12, 2017. Those events have come to be called “Charlottesville.”
by Donald A. Dripps
Recent developments suggest that the Supreme Court is poised to reconsider a wide swath of doctrines from originalist premises. For the 2,414 inmates on death row—and for countless more who might join them in the years to come—history may be a matter of life and death.
by Daniel D. Slate
Hebraic republicanism found in rabbinic Judaism a set of sources and ideas that made it possible to argue that constitutional republics, with powers limited by the rule of law, were the only legitimate form of government. It had a profound influence on the founding, in particular in the formulation of the republican government Guarantee Clause of Article IV, Section 4.
by Jack N. Rakove
At a time when the entire constitutional system is under extraordinary stress, Akhil Amar’s contribution to the collection Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies about Our Past misses the opportunity to address topics that deal with our contemporary woes—as the other contributors to this volume do.