Professor, NYU Law; scholar of Congress, the Constitution, and American colonialism; she/her/kwe.
Maggie Blackhawk
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If you're anywhere near Cambridge on May 29th, come see Jamelle Bouie, Martha Jones, Heather Thompson & other starry speakers reflect on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Tickets are *free* but nearly gone so hit the link below asap www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/story/the-un...
Thank you, Mary, for all that you do!
Particularly staff.
Oh that’s a cool job.
Of all the horrors inflicted by Russia’s war, the abduction of Ukrainian children is one of its worst.
Stealing children is a calculated Russian attack on Ukraine’s future.
Bringing them home is a priority.
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You guys. The Legal History Blog @legalhistoryblog.bsky.social has hit 15,000(!) posts! 👏 It's been an honor to help run the blog & to work beside true LHB stalwart Dan Ernst @dbqur.bsky.social. All hail LHB founder & visionary @marydudziak.bsky.social 🙌 #LegalHistory
🥳🎉 Unironically thrilled to announce 🎉🥳
This means a journal has to publish it now…right?
Excited to head to Cambridge for a star-studded discussion on the US at 250. There is also a brilliant conference on federalism at Oxford the day before, organized by the amazing Emily Zackin (author of "Looking for Rights in all the
More information and registration: www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/story/the-un...
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I agree generally with the conclusions here but this is a very thin historical analysis — historians have examined the legal background for these claims to “parental absolutism,” with great care, including me in my own first book.
Reflections on the past, present, and future of independence.
29 May 2026, 12.30pm to 5.30pm, Ray Dolby Centre, Cambridge
this has got to be the worst time in american history to make the totally sensible and correct argument that we should pay people in congress more than we do
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