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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-21T04:30:00.217Z",
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  "tags": [
    "The Standard",
    "here",
    "was there, too",
    "review",
    "Londoners on Trial: Crime, Courts and the Public 1244-1924",
    "Black Perspectives",
    "Villanovan",
    "Michigan Law",
    "14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy",
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    "Lawfare",
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    "SCOTUSblog",
    "Volokh Conspiracy",
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  "textContent": "  * The **Asian Legal History Association** has hosted its official launch in Hong Kong (The Standard). The speech of the Secretary for Justice,**Paul Lam** , at the launch is here.  _Update_ : **Donal Coffey** was there, too.\n\n\n  * **Ian Mansfield** 's review of the exhibition, Londoners on Trial: Crime, Courts and the Public 1244-1924, at the **London Archives** until February 25, 2027.\n\n\n  * From the Conversation: \"The deaf blacksmith who married in 1576 – and the history of sign as a legal language.\"\n\n\n  * Over at JOTWELL: **Blake Emerson** (UCLA Law) has posted an admiring review of **Nathaniel Donahue** 's \"Officers at Common Law,\" which is forthcoming in the _Yale Law Journal_.\n\n\n  * **Ashley Everson** on Pauli Murray, the _Brown_ Decision, and the Struggle for Equal Rights (Black Perspectives).\n\n\n  * A notice of **Akhil Reed Amar** 's Giannella lecture at Villanova on **Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution, 1840–1920** (Villanovan).\n\n\n  * Five Takeaways from conference on **Richard Primus** ’s _The Oldest Constitutional Question_ (Michigan Law).\n\n\n  * Now online: the website of the 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy at **Howard Law** School, led by **Sherrilyn Ifill**.\n\n\n  * ICYMI: Birthright Citizenship Edition. Dahlia Lithwick spoke to **Anna O. Law** about Law's book, _Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship_ (Amicus). **Ilya Somin** on Slavery and Birthright Citizenship (Lawfare). **Smita Ghosh** on  _Lynch v. Clarke_ (1844), the birthright citizenship case you never heard of (Slate). **Akhil** and **Vikram Amar** and **Jason Mazzone** on why why the text, history, and structure of a landmark 1952 statute doom Trump’s executive order (SCOTUSblog).\n\n\n  * ICYMI: **Orin S. Kerr** on How AI Tools Can Help With Legal History Research (Volokh Conspiracy). \"The Trump administration’s campaign to remove **National Park Service** exhibits that 'inappropriately disparage' historical figures\" has bogged down (Politico).\n\n\n\nWeekend Roundup is a weekly feature compiled by all the Legal History bloggers.",
  "title": "Weekend Roundup",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-21T13:09:34.693Z"
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