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Watching LIVE: Supreme Court hears arguments on birthright citizenship - Constitution’s 14th Amendment. www.youtube.com/live/qntd3XZ...

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LIVE: Supreme Court hears arguments on birthright citizenship
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April 1, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Newly published online in #PER this week is Christos Papastylianos' (University of Nicosia) investigation of revisions to the Greek constitution in the early 20th century:

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November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
📝 On May 7, 1992, the 27th Amendment was officially added to the Constitution—202 years after it was proposed in 1789.

Democracy can be slow, but it works when people care.

🔗 Read more: civicsforlife.org/the-27th-amendment

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May 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Harvard Law School’s HLS MS 172—a stained, faded manuscript acquired in 1946 for less than $30—has been authenticated as a 1300 Magna Carta edition under King Edward I, one of only 7 surviving copies.

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Harvard thought it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta. It turned out to be extremely rare
Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30.
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May 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
See below details of an exciting opportunity at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory (@mpilhlt.bsky.social) for three PhD students in the newly established Centre for Legal History in India

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Three Doctoral Students – Centre for Legal History of India at Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
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November 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Jill Lepore reveals how the early Massachusetts constitution laid the groundwork for the amendment process that shaped the U.S. Constitution, likening the framers' approach to a meticulous clockwork model of governance.

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Lepore: Massachusetts constitution helped invent amendment practice that shaped the U.S. Constitution
At the Concord Museum forum, Jill Lepore traced the origins of amendment-minded constitutionalism to early state constitutions—especially Massachusetts—and used the orrery/machine metaphor to show how 18th-century framers thought constitution-making and repair worked.
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August 1, 2026 at 12:34 AM
March 6, 2026 at 8:02 PM
📚 On This Day in Black History – March 6, 1857 📚

Today we remember one of the most devastating Supreme Court decisions in United States history, Dred Scott v. Sandford.

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March 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The abdication reinforced the principle that the sovereign must act in accordance with ministerial advice and public expectation. Edward's prioritization of personal happiness underscored the monarchy's expected adherence to duty. #ConstitutionalHistory #BritishMonarchy
January 29, 2026 at 9:00 PM
William made a crucial decision: he threatened to appoint new peers to the House of Lords to ensure the Reform Act passed against Tory opposition. #reformact1832 #constitutionalhistory
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
3/13 These controversies remained fresh when the Constitution was written, leading the Framers to make anti-corruption measures a cornerstone of their design. They addressed corruption in four separate instances—plus a fifth added later.
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May 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM