1/50 This is a one-stop-shop thread for all the states in our #50Weeks50Constitutions series. Remember, the threads are in chronological order of oldest state constitution. First up, New Hampshire: x.com/IJSanders/status/11739…

Someday the Supreme Court is going to grant cert on this.

El Meson del Cafe 1909, Barcelona, near Plaza San Jaime & Plaza del Rey. Featured in Jack Gilpin's "ant farm" scene in #BarcelonaMovie

Wall to wall coverage of a guy from Chicago on Barcelona local news right now. Glad we didn't plan on hitting up the Sagrada Familia today.

I first encountered the work of Gordon Wood as an undergrad history major. I thought then that "The Radicalism of the American Revolution" was a tour de force — and its reputation with me has only improved over time. Over the years, I purchased every single Gordon Wood book. Many years ago, when I was a young husband and new dad, Gordon Wood came to the Mall in Washington DC as part of a book festival. I brought several books for him to sign. I dropped off my wife with our young child (and the pile of books) and then searched for parking. Dear reader, I had to park very far away. So far, in fact, that Gordon Wood's window for signing books had long since passed. I finally found my wife and young child with Gordon Wood at an empty author's booth. He not only had signed all my books, but he had stayed well past his time to leave and graciously chatted with my wife, who had implored him to wait **just a little longer** so that I could meet him. He was so kind to my wife, our child, and — when I finally showed up — me. Imagine my delight earlier this year when Gordon Wood agreed to be filmed for The Federalist Society @FedSoc for two days, to talk about America250 and the Founding (in particular, the path from the Declaration to the Constitution) and also to talk about his own life and career as a historian. I was honored to witness my good friends @kurtlash1 and Steve Calabresi interview Gordon Wood. ... and then Gordon Wood stayed long past the agreed upon filming time to talk to me about his life and our shared love of America's Founding. We lost a brilliant man today. We also lost a good man, a kind man. Too often, that Venn Diagram of brilliance and kindness does not overlap. It did with Gordon Wood. May God receive his soul, and may his memory be a blessing.

Just saw this tragic news about Gordon Wood. I got to reading his work at an inexcusably late point in my career but have learned so much from his books on the transformative power of the American Revolution. RIP. golocalprov.com/news/pulitze…

I wrote on a 5th Circuit case challenging a short-hair mandate for boys in a Texas public school. The plaintiff has many claims but one is noticeably missing: Enforcing the right to grow your hair. Why? It's not one of the few that's judicially favored. ij.org/cje-post/styling-alte…

Going to Barcelona next week. Haven't been there in 26 years. So naturally I'm watching @WhitStillman's Barcelona. Which I haven't seen in 25 years. "But you seem very intelligent for an American."

Thought we had it @IJSanders …

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Great catching up with @IJSanders and Anya to discuss the Fourth Circuit’s reversal of summary judgment in McPherson. When juries get to actually hear the merits of civil rights cases, the Constitution wins! Bonus 🏇🏇🏇predictions!

Was just listening to the OA in this case for other reasons & happened to hear questions on AI-misuse (unclear it if was used; atty denies). Separately, there are 2 AI-hallucination cases in this week's Short Circuit newsletter. This stuff is an epidemic. courthousenews.com/texas-hig…

What's going on? Apparently no one reads Lovecraft these days.

Tom Steyer keeps running around saying that it’s unfair that billionaires like him can buy our democracy, then spending hundreds of millions dollars to do just that, then failing to get elected, and then repeating all the same lines the next time around. It’s extremely funny.

Cc: Justice Kavanaugh