Anthony Michael Kreis
@anthonymkreis.bsky.social
Constitutional law prof, historical political scientist, FRHistS studying:
The United States Supreme Court
American Political Development
Anglo-American Constitutionalism
📍ATL
Author, Rot and Revival:
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/rot-and-revival/paper
The United States Supreme Court
American Political Development
Anglo-American Constitutionalism
📍ATL
Author, Rot and Revival:
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/rot-and-revival/paper
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Rot and Revival: The History of Constitutional Law in American Political Development: Kreis, Anthony Michael: 9780520394193: Amazon.com: Books
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🥳🥂 PUBLICATION DAY! 🎉🍾
After many years of work, my University of California Press book, Rᴏᴛ ᴀɴᴅ Rᴇᴠɪᴠᴀʟ: Tʜᴇ Hɪsᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏғ Cᴏɴsᴛɪᴛᴜᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ Lᴀᴡ ɪɴ Aᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴ Pᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ Dᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴍᴇɴᴛ, is out in the world! So grateful for all the support that made it possible! t.co/RQ6vd1qs4M
After many years of work, my University of California Press book, Rᴏᴛ ᴀɴᴅ Rᴇᴠɪᴠᴀʟ: Tʜᴇ Hɪsᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏғ Cᴏɴsᴛɪᴛᴜᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ Lᴀᴡ ɪɴ Aᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴ Pᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ Dᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴍᴇɴᴛ, is out in the world! So grateful for all the support that made it possible! t.co/RQ6vd1qs4M
It’s a beautiful day to teach about the Election of 1800!
January 7, 2026 at 1:13 PM
It’s a beautiful day to teach about the Election of 1800!
I never liked Plato anyway. I, for one, applaud the former University known as Texas A&M.
January 7, 2026 at 12:37 PM
I never liked Plato anyway. I, for one, applaud the former University known as Texas A&M.
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“No one teaches the Western canon anymore!”
“Look, Plato’s Symposium is right here on my syllabus!”
“Whoa, whoa, whoa—not that!”
“Look, Plato’s Symposium is right here on my syllabus!”
“Whoa, whoa, whoa—not that!”
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
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surreal times
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Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:58 AM
“No one teaches the Western canon anymore!”
“Look, Plato’s Symposium is right here on my syllabus!”
“Whoa, whoa, whoa—not that!”
“Look, Plato’s Symposium is right here on my syllabus!”
“Whoa, whoa, whoa—not that!”
Throw the Orange away, for it is a very sowr fruit
That one in his left hand does not look great
January 7, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Throw the Orange away, for it is a very sowr fruit
The 337th anniversary of the Glorious Revolution’s Convention Parliament is fast approaching.
Please enjoy this photo of William (Dafoe) with Oranges.
Please enjoy this photo of William (Dafoe) with Oranges.
January 7, 2026 at 2:31 AM
The 337th anniversary of the Glorious Revolution’s Convention Parliament is fast approaching.
Please enjoy this photo of William (Dafoe) with Oranges.
Please enjoy this photo of William (Dafoe) with Oranges.
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You have to be a Glorious Revolution Nerd to be obsessed where the President has been putting all of these “settlements” with universities, law firms, foreign governments, state run tv entities, but my Glorious Antenna is vibrating with interest here.
The president is not entitled to operate slush funds outside the operation of law.
Let’s turn to the Glorious Revolution:
Revenues “of Prerogative without Grant of Parlyament for longer time or in other manner then the same is or shall be granted is Illegall.” 1 W. & M., 2d sess., c.2 (1688/9).
Let’s turn to the Glorious Revolution:
Revenues “of Prerogative without Grant of Parlyament for longer time or in other manner then the same is or shall be granted is Illegall.” 1 W. & M., 2d sess., c.2 (1688/9).
January 7, 2026 at 2:15 AM
You have to be a Glorious Revolution Nerd to be obsessed where the President has been putting all of these “settlements” with universities, law firms, foreign governments, state run tv entities, but my Glorious Antenna is vibrating with interest here.
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NEW: Fresh off Trump’s announcement that the US will be taking possession of 30m-50m barrels of Venezuelan oil, to be sold at market with proceeds controlled by him, he is expected to meet with executives from some of the biggest oil companies in Washington on Friday. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 7, 2026 at 2:13 AM
NEW: Fresh off Trump’s announcement that the US will be taking possession of 30m-50m barrels of Venezuelan oil, to be sold at market with proceeds controlled by him, he is expected to meet with executives from some of the biggest oil companies in Washington on Friday. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
It’s not the job of journalists to salute agents the state.
Here's the clip of Tony Dokoupil ending tonight's broadcast by absolutely gushing over "ultimate Florida Man" Marco Rubio.
January 7, 2026 at 2:14 AM
It’s not the job of journalists to salute agents the state.
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Justice Dept. Memo Approved Military Incursion Into Venezuela as Lawful
Attorney General Pam Bondi told lawmakers in briefings this week that the administration would share Office of Legal Counsel memo with them.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...
Attorney General Pam Bondi told lawmakers in briefings this week that the administration would share Office of Legal Counsel memo with them.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...
Justice Dept. Memo Approved Military Incursion Into Venezuela as Lawful
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Justice Dept. Memo Approved Military Incursion Into Venezuela as Lawful
Attorney General Pam Bondi told lawmakers in briefings this week that the administration would share Office of Legal Counsel memo with them.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...
Attorney General Pam Bondi told lawmakers in briefings this week that the administration would share Office of Legal Counsel memo with them.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...
The president is not entitled to operate slush funds outside the operation of law.
Let’s turn to the Glorious Revolution:
Revenues “of Prerogative without Grant of Parlyament for longer time or in other manner then the same is or shall be granted is Illegall.” 1 W. & M., 2d sess., c.2 (1688/9).
Let’s turn to the Glorious Revolution:
Revenues “of Prerogative without Grant of Parlyament for longer time or in other manner then the same is or shall be granted is Illegall.” 1 W. & M., 2d sess., c.2 (1688/9).
January 7, 2026 at 12:59 AM
The president is not entitled to operate slush funds outside the operation of law.
Let’s turn to the Glorious Revolution:
Revenues “of Prerogative without Grant of Parlyament for longer time or in other manner then the same is or shall be granted is Illegall.” 1 W. & M., 2d sess., c.2 (1688/9).
Let’s turn to the Glorious Revolution:
Revenues “of Prerogative without Grant of Parlyament for longer time or in other manner then the same is or shall be granted is Illegall.” 1 W. & M., 2d sess., c.2 (1688/9).
Literal ship money.
January 7, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Literal ship money.
Reposted by Anthony Michael Kreis
This is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.
January 7, 2026 at 12:21 AM
This is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.
The United States did not go to war in Israel. The action in Afghanistan and Iraq were authorized by Congress.
So, no, these rules did not entirely go out the door. Yes, Congress has often failed to control presidential war-making and it has been a problem. But whataboutism is unhelpful right now.
So, no, these rules did not entirely go out the door. Yes, Congress has often failed to control presidential war-making and it has been a problem. But whataboutism is unhelpful right now.
Except we forgot all these rules for decades for israel, also we went to war against Afghanistan and Iraq without actually declaring war; we declared an authorization of military force as a sadistic euphemism. The current b******* is consequences
Article I of the Constitution plainly does not permit offensive military hostilities without Congress’s approval— and that’s before we ever get to any international law principles.
January 6, 2026 at 9:41 PM
The United States did not go to war in Israel. The action in Afghanistan and Iraq were authorized by Congress.
So, no, these rules did not entirely go out the door. Yes, Congress has often failed to control presidential war-making and it has been a problem. But whataboutism is unhelpful right now.
So, no, these rules did not entirely go out the door. Yes, Congress has often failed to control presidential war-making and it has been a problem. But whataboutism is unhelpful right now.
Reposted by Anthony Michael Kreis
There’s an argument that this is unconstitutional under Wooley v. Maynard (1977), in which SCOTUS held that New Hampshire couldn’t forbid someone from covering up the state’s motto on his license plate. The motto, ironically, was “Live Free or Die.”
Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:51 PM
There’s an argument that this is unconstitutional under Wooley v. Maynard (1977), in which SCOTUS held that New Hampshire couldn’t forbid someone from covering up the state’s motto on his license plate. The motto, ironically, was “Live Free or Die.”
Touch Greenland? Impeachment and immediate removal.
January 6, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Touch Greenland? Impeachment and immediate removal.
Article I of the Constitution plainly does not permit offensive military hostilities without Congress’s approval— and that’s before we ever get to any international law principles.
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Article I of the Constitution plainly does not permit offensive military hostilities without Congress’s approval— and that’s before we ever get to any international law principles.
Wyoming Supreme Court: the state constitutional provision protecting a person’s right to make health care decisions extends a fundamental right to abortion, 4-1. Three justice majority applies strict scrutiny, one concurs deeming state law unreasonable. documents.courts.state.wy.us/Opinions/S-2...
documents.courts.state.wy.us
January 6, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Wyoming Supreme Court: the state constitutional provision protecting a person’s right to make health care decisions extends a fundamental right to abortion, 4-1. Three justice majority applies strict scrutiny, one concurs deeming state law unreasonable. documents.courts.state.wy.us/Opinions/S-2...
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The Supreme Court just posted on its website that it will announce its first opinion of the term on Friday.
January 6, 2026 at 3:53 PM
The Supreme Court just posted on its website that it will announce its first opinion of the term on Friday.
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This week I will be presenting a paper on “statutory backup rights” at the AALS annual meeting. A statutory backup right is a statute that codifies a constitutional right that is believed to be at risk of judicial abrogation.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:29 PM
This week I will be presenting a paper on “statutory backup rights” at the AALS annual meeting. A statutory backup right is a statute that codifies a constitutional right that is believed to be at risk of judicial abrogation.
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Oona Hathaway: The Great Unraveling Has Begun www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
Opinion | The Great Unraveling Has Begun
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January 6, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Oona Hathaway: The Great Unraveling Has Begun www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
Today in Constitutional Law II: Section 1 of the 14th Amendment
a cartoon character holding a scroll of the u.s. constitution says hello i 'm the u.s. constitution
ALT: a cartoon character holding a scroll of the u.s. constitution says hello i 'm the u.s. constitution
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January 6, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Today in Constitutional Law II: Section 1 of the 14th Amendment
First day of class (take two!)
January 6, 2026 at 1:44 PM
First day of class (take two!)
Reposted by Anthony Michael Kreis
Posting @mgraber1.bsky.social 's book on January 6. It's about Sections 2, 3, and 4 of the Fourteenth Amendment and why the framers believed those, not today's famous Section 1, were essential to restoring democracy. 1/
Punish Treason, Reward Loyalty
In contemporary constitutional politics, Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment—which includes the citizenship, privileges and immunities, due process, ...
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January 6, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Posting @mgraber1.bsky.social 's book on January 6. It's about Sections 2, 3, and 4 of the Fourteenth Amendment and why the framers believed those, not today's famous Section 1, were essential to restoring democracy. 1/