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Professor at Maryland Carey Law, legal historian, amateur comparative constitutionalist, chess nut and loyal New York Giant fan

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Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · 6h
Has any one noticed the resemblance between Trump's rants on Truth Social and Howard Beale's rants in the movie Network.
Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · 1d
So the answer turns out to be almost four years ago.

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 1d
A very quick search turns up at least these two: (1) www.nytimes.com/2022/02/11/o...

(2) www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/o...
Opinion | In the Jewish Tradition, the Words We Choose Matter (Published 2022)
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Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · 1d
I respect Peter Wehner (and David French), but when was the last time the Times published an analysis of how Jewish scripture (or Islamic or . . . ) might lead us to understand our world.

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Opinion | The Kingdom of God Is Ruled by the Humblest of Men
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Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · 4d
Is there any possibility that after Trump leaves office the "Trump Class" battleships will be renamed after someone in the Kennedy family (not RFK, Jr.)
Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · 4d
It's a really good collection and I like my essay on Race and American exceptionalism (updated to talk about Trump and American exceptionalism). But $325.00? Clearly the audience is Trump and fellow billionaries.

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Comparative Constitutional Theory
This thoroughly revised Second Edition provides a refreshed overview of comparative constitutional law and theory. Expert authors investigate the recent proliferation of instances in which the practic...
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Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · 8d
My friends have always told me that I was the most qualified person for a job I did not get. Remarkably, other people's friends told them they were the most qualified person for the jobs I got.
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8d
No dean in the history of academia has ever told a job applicant they were being blocked be side they were white because (a) that never actually happens and (b) if it did there would be a massive lawsuit.

But thank you, Naomi Wolf, for confirming that this is something the Crazies believe.
nkalamb.bsky.social Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 8d
You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.

Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · 8d
Just signed my four year phased retirement agreement. Fall is now officially open for writing and speaking.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8d
No dean in the history of academia has ever told a job applicant they were being blocked be side they were white because (a) that never actually happens and (b) if it did there would be a massive lawsuit.

But thank you, Naomi Wolf, for confirming that this is something the Crazies believe.
nkalamb.bsky.social Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 8d
You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.
Naomi Wolf: I got pretty far along in the hiring process for a wonderful position teaching at a NY state university before a dean in the department told me I couldn’t go any further because I was white.

Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · 8d
Do diversity hires include the numerous white males who only got admitted to prestigious schools because of explicit and implicit quotas of Jews and Asians from New York, Boston, and the like. Wonder if Vance gets into Yale if we go by test scores and college achievement.
cmewing.bsky.social Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 8d
There's a world of difference between describing your performance as "hiring the most outstanding white males who had been passed over by the prestige academy" and "hiring the best people who had been passed over by the prestige academy, many of whom are white males."

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 8d
There's a world of difference between describing your performance as "hiring the most outstanding white males who had been passed over by the prestige academy" and "hiring the best people who had been passed over by the prestige academy, many of whom are white males."
Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · 9d
Just got a reminder that one of the most important roles of very senior scholars is making sure that younger scholars are free to speak in their voice.
Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · 11d
Blast from the past. Am lecturing at the University of Milan this week (thank you Antonia Baraggia). As I waiting outside the University, I was approached by student members of the Communist Party handing out literature. Shades of Columbia University, New York, 1980!
Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · 11d
Sign me up for a copy and review. Mazel tov.
rachelshelden.bsky.social Rachel Shelden @rachelshelden.bsky.social · 11d
Totally surreal that after 12 years of working on this thing, it’s out of my hands.

Coming to you in the Hodding Carter III imprint at @uncpress.bsky.social next fall!

Huge thanks to @simpsonvos.bsky.social & the many, many people who helped along the way.
Manuscript stack of The Political Supreme Court: The Forgotten History of Justices, Parties, & the People’s Constitution, by Rachel A. Shelden

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Rachel Shelden @rachelshelden.bsky.social · 11d
Totally surreal that after 12 years of working on this thing, it’s out of my hands.

Coming to you in the Hodding Carter III imprint at @uncpress.bsky.social next fall!

Huge thanks to @simpsonvos.bsky.social & the many, many people who helped along the way.
Manuscript stack of The Political Supreme Court: The Forgotten History of Justices, Parties, & the People’s Constitution, by Rachel A. Shelden

Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · 19d
It is also statutory interpretation of a statute that has been revised. See also Milligan, which rejects a presidential judgment about the need for military to engage in law enforcement.
gowder.io Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 19d
Random thought for presidential power people. Isn't the whole deference discussion in Martin v. Mott dicta? Nobody actually seems to have disputed that there was an invasion (or could have---it was the war of 1812 ffs), the issue was about the form of the court martial charge... like civ pro stuff.

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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 19d
Random thought for presidential power people. Isn't the whole deference discussion in Martin v. Mott dicta? Nobody actually seems to have disputed that there was an invasion (or could have---it was the war of 1812 ffs), the issue was about the form of the court martial charge... like civ pro stuff.
Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · 20d
On birthright citizenship. Curiously, the main source is the thirteenth amendment, not the fourteenth. Republicans believed that persons were either aliens or citizens. There was no other category. So once slaves were emancipated, they automatically became citizens.
whatsoperadoc.bsky.social Nomi @whatsoperadoc.bsky.social · 20d
Curious if @mgraber1.bsky.social has thoughts
jamellebouie.net jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20d
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.

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Nomi @whatsoperadoc.bsky.social · 20d
Curious if @mgraber1.bsky.social has thoughts
jamellebouie.net jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20d
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.

Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · 21d
Officially on sale in the lobby.

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The Cambridge Companion to the Declaration of Independence | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · 24d
Actually, this is horribly wrong. I am not going to be in any of the three categories. Does not make any of this less of a wrong.
rbreich.bsky.social Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24d
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.

Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.

Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.

Authoritarianism hurts all of us.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24d
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.

Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.

Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.

Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · 27d
I use the first, but no one cares.

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Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · Nov 20
On pre-sale in the lobby. Lots of wonderful essays (and I contribute on how the insights the four children of the Passover service might influence our approach to the Declaration. www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Co...
The Cambridge Companion to the Declaration of Independence (Cambridge Companions to American Studies)
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Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · Nov 14
More adventures of the headline hog.

marylandmatters.org/2025/11/07/b...
Brown compiles 'voluminous' record of legal challenges to Trump administration policies - Maryland Matters
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has joined more than 100 legal actions against Trump administration policies. Critics say he's playing political games, but Brown says he's merely protecting th...
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Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · Nov 8
For the record, we made it.
 Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · Nov 8
So far so good. At the airport flying back from the Loyola Constitutional Law Colloquium. Spouse is flying back from a psychiatry conference in Toronto. Will we both get to Boston for a performance of Guys and Dolls starring daughter 3?
rachelshelden.bsky.social Rachel Shelden @rachelshelden.bsky.social · Nov 8
I'm flying for both ASLH and the event the next week, Anna. Which one do you think I'll make it to?! Neither set of flights are canceled yet, but I might put my money on both...

Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · Nov 8
We may need Paul Revere
2ndadminstate.bsky.social Brian Cook @2ndadminstate.bsky.social · Nov 8
"I've got the horse right here..."

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Brian Cook @2ndadminstate.bsky.social · Nov 8
"I've got the horse right here..."
Mark Graber @mgraber1.bsky.social · Nov 8
So far so good. At the airport flying back from the Loyola Constitutional Law Colloquium. Spouse is flying back from a psychiatry conference in Toronto. Will we both get to Boston for a performance of Guys and Dolls starring daughter 3?
rachelshelden.bsky.social Rachel Shelden @rachelshelden.bsky.social · Nov 8
I'm flying for both ASLH and the event the next week, Anna. Which one do you think I'll make it to?! Neither set of flights are canceled yet, but I might put my money on both...