I am sensitive to the need to train lawyers and realize that sometimes such a division gives somebody an opportunity that might not otherwise exist. That said, from my perspective the division of labor is not usually as obvious to me as it is to the lawyers.

For more information on clerking for me and other Maryland appellate judges, check out this webpage: www.mdcourts.gov/appellate/cl...

Email a cover letter, resume, transcript, two letters of reference, and two writing samples (preferably as a single .pdf file) directed to my chambers counsel, Jennifer.Carson@mdcourts.gov. I look forward to reviewing your applications!

I can’t wait to see it!

And, if you're still interested, all of my writings on state constitutional law are available on my SSRN page.

So please give it a look.

And third, focusing on the historical sources necessarily focuses the interpreter's mind only on originalist-style interpretation. In contrast, I support a pluralistic approach to constitutional interpretation, using all available interpretive tools to derive the best possible interpretation.

Second, the design of the project limits the visibility of external sources. In my state and others, much of the action was in the choices of what to borrow and what to change from prior constitutions adopted by sister states. That important stuff gets missed.

First, state constitutional records are often lousy. In my home state of Maryland, we don't really have convention records for the constitutional convention that adopted our current constitution. Instead, we have contemporaneous press accounts from partisan newspapers.

I am excited about Dr. Cole's project and can't wait to use it. My article, though, sounds three notes of caution.

My article is a response to a lecture given by Dr. Nicholas Cole (@quilldir.bsky.social) at the Third Annual Robert F. Williams Lecture on State Constitutional Law. Dr. Cole's speech explained his project of digitizing state constitutional convention records.

And now, finally, here's that link.

I have two copies of Bobby Williams’ book, so that I can have one at home and one at the office.

I often hide mine on my forehead.

In Maryland’s historic statehouse, visitors can view the Old Senate Chamber where George Washington resigned his commission and read for themselves from his handwritten speech.

@dnazarian.bsky.social

She did okay. Maybe you can too.