Anthony Michael Kreis

The degree of formalism some want to impose on early modern England, for exanple, is not justified based on the common law’s development and contemporary thinking alone. However, it doesnt even perfectly align with how American constitutionalism works today!

It’s really funny that some folks who insist that the common law and the Statutes of the Realm are best construed as distinct things are from the same camp of originalists who use statutes from the early republic or Reconstruction to craft constitutional rules in 2026. See, e.g., Bruen and Dobbs.

Yeah, sadly just a lot of Latin decrees. Haha.

I’m not playing around with birthright citizenship revisionists.

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Got a new date in London next week. Me and the patent rolls of Henry III.

In a Law.com story on NJ’s fat discrimination bill, I noted: when RFK Jr. says weight loss “the right way” excludes medication, it creates hierarchy of deservingness.
More in forth. @uclalawreview.bsky.social piece w @jennoliva.bsky.social: Vet Disability Hierarchies papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Originals!

Next week I have a very special date: all the judicial opinions about natural born subjects from 1608 that some might ignore if they don’t do archival work.

Yes!!

What do Thomas Jefferson’s drinking habits, stealing your spouse’s Ambien, and the date Heroin become illegal all have in common? They were all part of yesterday’s Second Amendment insanity at the Supreme Court: www.dorfonlaw.org/2026/03/guns...

I will see him— but archival work awaits!

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One week until London.

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“War has been well defined to be, ‘That state in which a nation prosecutes its right by force.’”

Prize Cases, 67 U.S. 635 (1862).

New Center swag!

Greg Bovino, other federal agents investigated for Operation Metro Surge actions Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said her office is already investigating 17 incidents involving potential unlawful conduct by federal agents.

The DA in Minneapolis is investigating Bovino and others.

Oh this sounds so interesting. Putting it on my stack. Will read for sure.

This is a super interesting paper that deserves a great home. ⬇️

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New Center to Focus on Constitutional Law, Practice, Democracy - Georgia State University News - Bondurant Center for Constitutional Law, College of Law, Faculty & Research, Press Releases, Pro-Bono &... The Georgia State University College of Law is home to the new Emmet J. Bondurant Center for Constitutional Law, Practice & Democracy. The center is named for Emmet J. Bondurant, a prominent trial law...

I’m thrilled that Georgia State’s College of Law is home to the Emmet J. Bondurant Center for Constitutional Law, Practice, and Democracy! As associate director, and @espinsegall.bsky.social as director, we’re taking GSU to new heights in the field of constitutional law. news.gsu.edu/2026/02/26/n...

New Center to Focus on Constitutional Law, Practice, Democracy - Georgia State University News - Bondurant Center for Constitutional Law, College of Law, Faculty & Research, Press Releases, Pro-Bono &... The Georgia State University College of Law is home to the new Emmet J. Bondurant Center for Constitutional Law, Practice & Democracy. The center is named for Emmet J. Bondurant, a prominent trial law...

Proud to announce the opening of the Emmet Bondurant Center for Constitutional Law, Practice & Democracy. With @anthonymkreis.bsky.social, @andrewwillinger.bsky.social, and Neil Kinkopf, we’ll fight for the rule of law and democracy as Emmet has done for over 60 years.
news.gsu.edu/2026/02/26/n...

"The center will serve as a nationally recognized hub for the study, practice and advocacy of constitutional law, democratic governance and civic engagement."

All essential things especially in these times.

We are honored to be doing this work thanks to the generous gift of Emmet Bondurant and Jane Fahy, who have long been pioneering figures in protecting American democracy and honoring the Constitution.

New Center to Focus on Constitutional Law, Practice, Democracy - Georgia State University News - Bondurant Center for Constitutional Law, College of Law, Faculty & Research, Press Releases, Pro-Bono &... The Georgia State University College of Law is home to the new Emmet J. Bondurant Center for Constitutional Law, Practice & Democracy. The center is named for Emmet J. Bondurant, a prominent trial law...

I’m thrilled that Georgia State’s College of Law is home to the Emmet J. Bondurant Center for Constitutional Law, Practice, and Democracy! As associate director, and @espinsegall.bsky.social as director, we’re taking GSU to new heights in the field of constitutional law. news.gsu.edu/2026/02/26/n...

Spring is in the air.

The Historic Case for Birthright Citizenship The Trump administration’s efforts to narrow the scope of the 14th Amendment are based on revisionist history.

My latest on birthright citizenship in The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social
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One of the more frustrating parts of this birthright citizenship and the common law stuff is that the principles people want to talk about span multiple countries and centuries and it’s hard to respond to that.