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  "textContent": "  * **Sally Hadden, Western Michigan University,** will speak on “The First Massachusetts Constitution and How Town Actions Derailed It,” online at noon today as the first in the Bidwell House Museum's series of history talks. It is free for members of the museum and $15 for others. Register here.\n\n\n  * A review symposium on **Serena Mayeri** ’s _Marital Privilege: Marriage, Inequality, and the Transformation of American Law_ , with contributions from **Albertina Antognini, Cary Franklin, Jessica Dixon Weaver, Deborah Dinner, Linda C. McClain** , and **Katie Eyer** , with a response by Professor Mayeri (BU Law Review Online).\n\n\n  * **Marlene Trestman** will be in conversation about her book, _Fair Labor Lawyer: The Remarkable Life of New Deal Attorney and Supreme Court Advocate Bessie Margolin_ , in person and online, with Senior Judge **Beryl A. Howell** of the US District Court for the District of Columbia at the Capital Jewish Museum in DC on June 4, from 6:30-7:30. Register here.\n\n\n  * **Bill Littlefield** reviews **Gautham Rao** 's _White Power: Policing American Slavery_ (arts fuse).\n\n\n  * **Jonathan Parry** reviews **H.S. Jones** ’s _Liberal Worlds: James Bryce and the Democratic Intellect_ (London Review of Books).\n\n\n  * **Robert Tsai** and others will discuss John Brown's provisional constitution on June 29.\n\n\n  * **Rodger Citron** on that podcast with **Samantha Barbas** on her book on _New York Times v. Sullivan_ (Verdict).\n\n\n\nWeekend Roundup is a weekly feature compiled by all the Legal History bloggers.",
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  "updatedAt": "2026-05-30T04:30:00.110Z"
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