“Even Princeton,” as they say. #NoKings

In the 1890s a discerning buyer could purchase a poster-size facsimile of the bail bond of Jefferson Davis from 1867. Keep in mind when you see “I’m voting for the felon” merchandise thirty years hence.

On Friday a federal district court preliminarily enjoined Georgia's unconstitutional restrictions on charitable bail funds, relying in part on "Bail at the Founding." Cool cool cool. harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...

Launched in 2020, this became the perfect pandemic project as the Philadelphia archives safely reopened during the summer (cf. the abominable National Archives), AND had immaculately preserved jail dockets—the best I’ve seen from anytime anywhere in America. (cont’d)