"Democracy Contested"

[We have the following announcement.  DRE]Democracy Contested? A virtual event of Cornell University to be held Thursday,......

Keller on Common-Law Qualified and Absolute Immunity

 Scott A. Keller, Baker Botts LLP, has posted Qualified and Absolute Immunity at Common Law, which is forthcoming......

Smith v. Allwright at University of Kentucky

Lonnie Smith Votes in 1944 Primary [We have the following announcement.  DRE.]The University of Kentucky Special......

Morley on Partisan Gerrymandering and State Constitutions

Michael Morley, Florida State University College of Law, has posted Partisan Gerrymandering and State Constitutions:Since......

Policy History 2021

A draft of the program the eleventh biennial Conference on Policy History in Tempe, Arizona from Wednesday, June 2 to Saturday,......

Trump and Hitler, an apt comparison?

I'm going to open this post with a quote from Bernie Sanders:"A nation cannot be called impotent as long as it is......

19th Immigrants to America - the wrong message for a modern election

So the image above has been making the rounds on Facebook and appears to be showing a queue of immigrants, either in the......

Getting the New Deal Wrong

I understand people get incredibly passionate about the 1930s, I really do, and the piece I read recently in favor of Senator......

Majority view Scotland as a Country

During my free time , I conducted a survey on a another website in the form of a poll (viewable here via Historum). The......

Hiroshima Email – twisting history for political ends

I was forwarded a fascinating email today by a co-worker, it is a single email showing a series of images from 1945......

To the Victor Goes the Pen

Ever heard of Carthage ? You know, that little place just to the lower left of Italy's coast. There's a high probability......

The Omani Invasion of Bahrain and the "Century of Madness"

The Omani Invasion:During the beginning of the 18th Century, an Afghan uprising (in Afghanistan) and subsequent invasion......

Book Review: The Man Who Sold The World

Title: The Man Who Sold The World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main Street America Author: William Kleinknecht......