Book Excerpt: Sedition: How America's Constitutional Order Emerged from Violent Crisis Throughout history, state constitutional drafting has involved failure and violent crisis and has sometimes torn us apart rather than brought us together.

NEW: When you think of constitution-making, you probably picture the founding fathers calmly deliberating on how to codify their Enlightenment principles into the US Constitution. But as @marcusagadson.bsky.social explains, the story of state constitutions involves violent crisis and failure.

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Supreme Court Term in Review Join legal experts for a look at this year’s major decisions.

How will the Supreme Court’s rulings this term impact the future of democracy? Join experts for a virtual discussion on Wed., July 9, at 3pm E.T. RSVP: bit.ly/4kaljv1

Natural Rights in State Courts State constitutional provisions broadly protecting “inherent rights” do real work.

NEW: It's fascinating to me that most state constitutions explicitly refer to “natural” or “inherent” rights. How do you give teeth to these provisions? @ijsanders.bsky.social gives an overview of how state courts have applied these provisions to date. statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...

The 19th-Century Precursors to the Crises of Trump’s America Revisiting history shows that violence and constitutional disputes are nothing new in US politics

America’s 21st-century political violence and constitutional crises look more like its own 19th-century past than like authoritarian regimes elsewhere—and this history offers important lessons for today, @marcusagadson.bsky.social‬ argues in @newlinesmag.bsky.social.

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Sedition How Americans have weathered constitutional crises throughout our historySince protestors ripped through the Capitol Building in 2021, the threat of constitu...

Amid military deployments in U.S. cities and Senators being restrained, Americans fear a constitutional crisis.

"Sedition: How America’s Constitutional Order Emerged From Violent Crisis" by Marcus Gadson examines historical violent constitutional crises, offering readers insights for today.

1/2 Happy New Year all! Fellow profs: In case it is useful, I wanted to recirculate this resource (co-authored by the great Bob Williams and myself), which is designed to provide the materials to teach the basics of state con law in a single Con Law class session: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....

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In addition, I will be giving a free virtual talk about the book on May 15 at 8:00 P.M. The event will be small, so sign up as soon as you can! The link is here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1331736873...

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I’m excited to announce Sedition: How America’s Constitutional Order Emerged From Violent Crisis. In the book, I explain that constitutional crisis has been a constant throughout our nation’s life. Order from Amazon or NYU Press. @brennancenter.bsky.social @statecourtreport.bsky.social