Grace Mallon

Thanks so much Jack!

Here's the piece (again) if you want to read it: muse.jhu.edu/pub/275/arti...

Since it's now been formally announced, I can share that my article 'Negotiated Federalism' (WMQ, October 2024) is a co-winner of the 2025 Cromwell Article Prize from the American Society for Legal History. Bit surprised, very delighted, very grateful to everyone who helped me get the piece out.

Mixed-Blood Histories An unprecedented study that puts mixed-ancestry Native Americans back into the heart of Indigenous history Historical accounts tend to neglect mixed-ancestry...

Today is publication day for my book, Mixed-Blood Histories: Race, Law, and Dakota Indians in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest, through the University of Minnesota Press!
www.upress.umn.edu/978151792034...

Judge temporarily blocks National Guard deployment in Memphis • Tennessee Lookout A Davidson County chancellor on Monday temporarily blocked Gov. Bill Lee from continuing to deploy the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis.

NEW: Judge temporarily blocks National Guard deployment in Memphis.

A ruling in the Tennessee state court case over Gov. Bill Lee's move in conjunction with the Trump administration to deploy troops in Memphis.

Story and ruling at the link.

One of my favorite books about the American Revolution is Kathleen Duval's *Independence Lost.* #KenBurns #HATM

Alex Norris knowingly speaking misleading incendiary nonsense. The UK spends 0.014% of its budget on refugees. This is aside from the net economic benefits of migration. Painting this in zero sum economic terms is absurd - the cruelty is the point and these people should be haunted forever by this.

Extraordinarily honored to receive the American Society for Legal History’s Craig Joyce Medal for service to the Society for my work as editor of @lawandhistrev.bsky.social.

Also this replica premier league trophy with Law and History Review regalia!

#ynwa #upthereds #legalhistory

WOOOO Tanner!! 🏆

I’m very honored to have received this prize for a paper on Choctaw constitutionalism that has defined much of my early career as a legal historian!

And thanks for the photo @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social!

Fellowship Opportunity!

GOV. WES MOORE: “.. Donald Trump is not going to choose what our democracy looks like. .. The people of Maryland will choose what our democracy looks like.”

@thehill.com #MDgov #redistrict
thehill.com/homenews/sta...

The @ihr.bsky.social History of Liturgy Seminar is on tour! Our next session is in Oxford next Monday 17 Nov, 17.30.

Cosima Gillhammer on writing about liturgy for public audiences & Molly Bray on statue dresses, reuse of mss fragments & nuns' kinship networks. @oxmedstud.bsky.social #medievalsky

Ohio lawmakers send bill to Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk that would let teenagers work later hours A bill that would allow Ohio teenagers 14 and 15 years old to work till 9 p.m. throughout the year is heading to Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk, though federal law still stands in the way.Ohio Senate Bill…

A bill that would allow Ohio teenagers 14 and 15 years old to work till 9 p.m. throughout the year is heading to Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk, though federal law still stands in the way.

via @ohiocapitaljournal.com

YAY!!

Can't wait to read this - teaching Civil War this term and talking about your research all the time!

Took about 20 years. And I never thought a book about enslavers using deputization to give themselves policing power would be relevant to our times. But we are where we are.

My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.

a.co/d/29c7EIP

Sign the Petition SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM

I am heartbroken and horrified that the department where I received my PhD is under threat of closure. This is a dynamic and welcoming community that is at the forefront of American Studies in the UK. I encourage everyone to sign the below petition and rally behind our colleagues in Nottingham.

A month ago I looked at what I called Labour's midlife crisis- an obsession with chasing socially conservative Reform-curious voters and ignoring groups of disaffected voters with social attitudes much closer to Labour voters. But some people thought there was method in their madness. Was there? 1/n

Surprise! @jeanettepatrick.bsky.social and I have teamed up with @lynnprobbins.bsky.social and @patricklong.bsky.social at Primary Source Media to bring you Revolutions in Retrospect, a podcast that explores the histories of the revolutions that remade the Atlantic world.

Check out Revolutions in Retrospect! Our new podcast that explores the revolutions that remade the Atlantic world, from the civil wars of 17th century Britain, the Jacobite Uprisings, & American Independence, to Revolutionary Haiti, the French Revolution, the Enlightenment, & everything in between.

BREAKING: Utah state court strikes the remedial congressional map enacted by the legislature on gerrymandering grounds and orders the state to use a map proposed by the plaintiffs for the 2026 midterms.

drive.google.com/file/d/19rjo...

As of today I have been a Wikipedia editor for 20 years

🧵of my favorite things I've seen and done in my two decades on the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit

The Illinois legislature had passed the “Illinois Bivens Act,” allowing people to sue ICE agents in state court. Just waiting for Pritzker’s signature.

dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...

LIVE NOW: Election night live coverage, with The Downballot & Strength In Numbers David Nir on Substack

Election night 2025 begins now! Check out our livestream all night long with @davidnir.com, @dwbeard.bsky.social, and @gelliottmorris.com

Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.

Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.

Follow AP for live updates.

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

Virginia Gov, Lt Gov, AG
Virginia HOD ~supermajority
NJ Gov
Mandamj in NYC
Two Georgia PSC seats
Prop 50 in CA
PA Supreme Court— 3 seats

It does not appear that blue and purple parts of the country are enthusiastic about the direction of the country under Trump at the moment; Dems are motivated.