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Noah Feldman

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James Madison Would Like a Few Words on Trade Wars

The fourth president tried all kinds of sanctions to open markets, but still ended up in the War of 1812.

by Noah Feldman via Bloomberg
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on March 5, 2018

The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America

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Police gather to clear a Gaza solidarity encampment at the University of Wisconsin at Madison on May 1st.

Anatomy of a Moral Panic

The repressive machine currently arrayed against campus protests follows a familiar pattern.

by Adam Haber, Matylda Figlerowicz via Jewish Currents on May 2, 2024

Artistic collage of the preamble to the U.S. Constitution.

Was Emancipation Constitutional?

Did the Confederacy have a constitutional right to secede? And did Lincoln violate the Constitution in forcing them back into the Union and freeing the slaves?

by James Oakes via New York Review of Books on April 20, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court

Reading the 14th Amendment

A review of three books about Abraham Lincoln, the 14th Amendment, and Reconstruction.

by Earl M. Maltz via National Review on February 3, 2022

Plaque of Marbury v. Madison at SCOTUS Building.

Marbury v. Madison: Annotated

Justice John Marshall’s ruling on Marbury v. Madison gave the courts the right to declare acts and laws of the other branches unconstitutional.

by Liz Tracey via JSTOR Daily on July 29, 2025

Chief Justices of the Supreme Court attend President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol on March 4, 2025, in Washington, DC.

The Courts Won’t Save Us

Rather than resisting authoritarianism, the courts have enabled Trump’s rise.

by Samuel Moyn, Daniel Bessner via Jacobin on April 30, 2025

Lincoln being sworn in by Chief Justice Taney.

We Are Already Defying the Supreme Court

The risks of calling on politicians to push back against the court must be weighed against the present reality of a malign judicial dictatorship.

by Samuel Moyn, Ryan D. Doerfler via Dissent on January 22, 2024

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