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Have you ever wondered why some constitutions are amended more than others? Is it all about amendment rules? (Spoiler - nope!) My co-authors @JoeFCozza , Dave Armstrong, and @amandajofriesen tackle this question in our 🆕 @apsrjournal article. 🧵1/7 cambridge.org/core/journals/…

@BlitzkriegBrett @Jared_Carrabis @baseballisdead_ @Orioles It’s not about helping the Orioles. It’s to help O’s fans. Please @Jared_Carrabis @jayhaykid @tylermilliken_ @DALLASBRADEN209! We just fell into last place in the East. We need catharsis. Open them phone lines. @baseballisdead_

Id ask @Jared_Carrabis to open the phone lines on @baseballisdead_ for the @Orioles fans but it didn't help last year so why would it this year.... #OriolesTragic

The @UMBC IoP was honored to host @LtGovMiller on campus this week for our event on the AAPI vote in Maryland. Thanks to our moderator, Del. Chang, and panelists Dels. Moon, Valderrama, and Bhandari, and Sushant Sidh of Capital Strategies! southasianherald.com/aruna-miller-h…

Come for the ballgame. Stay for the Gary Williams stories. That was great stuff, Brett and @joshlewinstuff!

@BrettHollander you have to vamp during a rain delay while rescuing electronics and closing the window? Talk about getting your work in during Spring Training!

@alannarizzo @Patriots At least he’s in good company. Joe Dimaggio and Cy Young needed more than one year.

This is asinine. What he’s done since leaving the @Patriots is asinine too, but Belichick IS a HOFer.

@RichardAlbert @AnnaFruhstorfer Congrats, Anna! Need to order my copy ASAP

🎉 Congratulations to @AnnaFruhstorfer on her new book "Constitutional Change Under Autocracy." 🤩 We are proud to publish it in our Oxford Series in Comparative Constitutionalism. It is a model for comparative constitutional studies, and certain to become an invaluable resource for scholars of constitutional change. 📚 Check out the book here: global.oup.com/academic/produ…. It is now available for pre-order.

@DSzymborski Most Zebulon Igor tweet ever.

I wonder what it says about my family that we've always had an explicitly stated understanding that no ransoms will ever be paid for family members, out of the principle.

Finishing up my syllabus, and I just realized that I am once again teaching Gonzalez v. Raich on 4/20. 🧐

@Steveonbaseball Justice for Bobby Abreu! 💪

I was a first time Hall of Fame voter. Quite an honor and quite a challenge. Got some great advice, guidance from media friends and then selected these six all the while think "who the heck am I to tell someone they are or are not a Hall of Famer."

@AlexFast8 It seems like umpiring crews don’t work all 30 stadiums equally. It seems like I only saw two umpiring crews in the 35 games I went to at Camden Yards. I’m not surprised that the influence of umpires is non-random.

This is definitely something that popped out for fans who watched a lot of O's baseball in '25. Was curious if this was a one-time thing, too. According to UmpScorecard, here are the top 5 most impacted teams by ump in the past 5 seasons: 1. MIA 2. HOU 3. BAL 4. WSH 5. KC

@nut_history There is only one correct answer, and Bo knows.

You can only pick one player to have an injury-free career, who are you picking?

@ConnorMEwing Going 3-12 makes you a better than average big league hitter. 🤷‍♂️

Revising my academic bio. Feedback welcome.

@Amir_Garrett @tsilvers33 Just think of every remaining hour as one Pirate in the dugout. You’ve got this!

@tsilvers33 72hrs

36 hrs down on my fast. This is tuffffffff

@AlexFast8 From your lips to God’s ears!

It'd be nice to see the O's reunite with Danny Coulombe. He's arguably the best remaining FA LHP on the market, has a plus FC/SL combo, continues to show very good swing and miss (I'd take the over on 24% K-rate in '26) and I think the Orioles need another lefty in the pen.

Move over, David Attenborough. @kevinnbrown is now in the documentary biz!

@jayhaykid @rshields97 His name is JJ Ble-day-day, baby! It’s obviously a big move. 🙃

@rshields97 Is signing Eflin to a rotation that needs all the help it can get a sensible move? Sure. Is the Reds signing Bleday a big move?

We've lost the idea that words have meaning. The Orioles signing Zach Eflin to a 1-year deal for $10M is not a "big move". It is closer to the veteran's minimum than it is the qualifying offer. He had an ERA of almost 6 last season. What are we doing? x.com/BNightengale/s…

@BrettHollander @jwmjournalist Love that book. The Shakespeare story is chef’s kiss.

Best present (from myself) What a great book! @jwmjournalist

@marksund1 @ThatEricAlper That’s my favorite JTE lyric too!

@ThatEricAlper Jesus rides beside me, he never buys any smokes

@TheBmoreBattery Walk off against the Royals in early 2024.

Up next in our Battery Christmas Giveaways is a Jordan Westburg bobblehead! 👏🏻 To enter: 1. Like this post 2. Follow us 3. Comment your favorite Westy moment thus far in his career #Birdland #baltimorebattery #Orioles #LetsGoOs