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"Illegal" voters

We don’t have an affirmative right to vote under the Constitution. There is no explicit promise that citizen = voter. But from 1868-1872, after the…

Law school by tweet: the 14th Amendment's Biggest Failure

The 14th Amdt’s Biggest Failure, or Women Excluded for Naught: a long thread. Two decades after the Civil War, it was as though it had never happened.…

Law School by Tweet: 14th Amendment

The hashtag #HATM stands for historians at the movies; is there an opera equivalent?! Saw “The Mother of Us All” last night. Happy to report that the…

Law school by tweet: Minor v. Happersett

Law School by Tweet: Minor v Happersett, 88 U.S. 162 (1875) Over and over in the 19th century, African-Americans, Chinese-Americans, and women asked…

Impeachment

Wondering why Andrew Johnson was impeached? I can't think about much else today. @michaelharriot, the master of this form, delivers.👇 Thaddeus…