And this brief from @jgienapp.bsky.social and @andreascoseriakatz.bsky.social draws on recent scholarship to counter arguments that the president had settled, unfettered removal power in the early American republic: www.brennancenter.org/media/14714/...

This brief from @narosenblum.bsky.social and @nwdonahue.bsky.social explores the history behind the terms used to describe which agencies are protected from presidential removal: www.brennancenter.org/sites/defaul...

In the brief, Jane Manners argues that the history is clear: presidents don’t have unfettered authority to remove independent agency officials, such as FTC Commissioner Slaughter. Read: bit.ly/4nSvm9B

More filings for more cases are in the works as I type. For the latest on the Council, visit our project page, which collects the members' growing list of amicus briefs, highly attended online seminars, and media appearances:

www.brennancenter.org/historians-c...

On Friday, Historians Council member @janemanners.bsky.social filed a brief in a D.C. Circuit case challenging the unconstitutional removal of the chair of the Federal Labor Relations Authority -- a key showdown on the scope of presidential power.

Her brief: www.brennancenter.org/sites/defaul...

On Monday, 4 historians including the Historians Council's @alexkeyssar.bsky.social filed to encourage SCOTUS to reverse a damaging Voting Rights Act decision from the 8th Circuit, in a possible prelude to another critical VRA case this term.

Their brief:
www.brennancenter.org/sites/defaul...

The appellate court said voters cannot sue to challenge discriminatory maps under the Voting Rights Act. The brief explains that's wrong, showing that courts, Congress, the Dep't of Justice, private attorneys, and others have long understood that Section 2 allows voters to do just that. 2/2

That includes lessons on why we must have a capacious understanding of birthright citizenship today. The lesson: The US tried a regime of exclusive citizenship in the past (see Dred Scott) and we fought the Civil War to end it.