Brad Snyder

D.C. Friends: Join me and my superstar colleague @steve_vladeck for a conversation about my new book, You Can't Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads @wwnorton.bsky.social, tonight at 7pm at @PoliticsProse on Conn. Ave. politics-prose.com/brad-snyder

US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes celebrates his 85th birthday by going into work. He says that he does not intend to retire.

The Rolls-Royce backcourt: Walt Frazier and Earl Monroe

Manners and Menand on the Removal Power dlvr.it/TRC2g1

I've just submitted a new paper out this law review cycle. In Liquidating Reconstruction, I ask what the Reconstruction Amendments can teach us about liquidation and vice versa. The paper is especially timely given that 2027 is the 150th anniversary of the end of Reconstruction.

The Athletic is hiring Barry Svrluga, Adam Kilgore, Candace Buckner, Ava Wallace, Spencer Nusbaum and Jason Murray nytco.com/press/the-athl…

Some personal news in Publishers Marketplace on my new book with @NYUpress: Cliff Sloan's THE COURT AND THE QUAGMIRE: THE SUPREME COURT, VIETNAM, AND THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM THAT SHAPED AMERICA, to Clara Platter at NYU Press, for publication in 2028 (world).

Tracy Sharpley-Whiting on Belle da Costa Greene, the Black mixed-race woman who developed the Morgan Library & Museum in New York | @LeftOfBlack #BlackHistoryMonth #Libraries

TONIGHT Mary Sarah Bilder is joining us at 630 for the 13th John Patrick Diggins Memorial Lecture: "The Perils of Sex: Catherine Macaulay's Constitution of Liberty" Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center In-Person RSVPs: email History@gc.cuny.edu Online: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

One could argue about this proposition over coffee, I suppose. But more important than Trump v. U.S.? Or Dobbs v. Marsh? Or the legacy of Shelby County and its progeny and the systematic effort of the Roberts court to destroy the Voting Right Act? Gimme a break!

Today we celebrate the birthday of one of our country’s greatest scholars and activists W.E.B Du Bois. I’m looking forward to the new doc on his life and work, REBEL WITH A CAUSE. Here’s an early look.

Professor @DorothyABrown, L'83, wrote Getting to Reparations for skeptics — because a few years ago, she was one. After researching the racial wealth gap, she changed her mind. Her new book lays out the legal roadmap. Read our full interview: bit.ly/4tVFgM8

March 30, 2026

The work that @Lescarpenter, @barrysvrluga and @RickMaese have done during the past few weeks from the Olympics has been nothing short of spectacular. Their dedication to the readers despite the destruction of The Post Sports Department is the stuff of legends.

SCOTUS ended affirmative action in 2023. What comes next? Yale Law Professor Justin Driver delivers the 2026 Thomas F. Ryan Lecture this Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 4 p.m. in Hart Auditorium. Reception & book signing to follow. RSVP: bit.ly/4aQUtW4

"There's whiskey drinkers and milk drinkers, and we've got a lot of whiskey drinkers on this team." On a real rivalry, an epic gold medal game, and the stark contrast between winners and losers to close the Olympics. My last dispatch for the Post. washingtonpost.com/sports/olympic…

When the NBA has an awful All-Star game, I didn't hesitate to criticize it. The NBA had three excellent games out of four today in its new U.S.-World format. The players made great shots, like they do every year – but, they also gave real effort at both ends. All anyone wants.

On this day in 1879, Congress authorized women’s admission to practice law before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood successfully lobbied for this statute and was the first woman admitted under the new legislation. #WeTheMen

M. Elizabeth Magill, the former dean of Stanford Law School, provost of the University of Virginia and president of the University of Pennsylvania, has been named the executive vice president and dean of @GeorgetownLaw: bit.ly/4kFYVeS

We now have the most spectacular leadership team at Georgetown Law possible: Eduardo Peñalver as University President, and now Liz Magill as Executive Vice President and Law Dean.

I look forward to working with this great team. Already some interesting programs in the works.