Please read this amicus brief. It is not your normal legal brief and is easy to read.
Remember that Alito based the Dobbs decision on the writings of two witch hunters. Here we have real history complied by real historians. This is a really effective amicus brief where the lawyer who signed the brief did a good job of not screwing this brief up.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-719/298895/20240126151819211_23-719%20Brief.pdf
The opening of this brief made me smile
We are twenty-five professional Ph.D. historians with appointments as faculty at institutions of higher learning in the United States.2 Most of us have many decades of experience as researchers and teachers and are current or emeritus faculty with endowed chairs and positions as distinguished professors, the highest academic ranking. Several of us have testified extensively in civil and voting rights litigation. Our more than one hundred books have won numerous national prizes. Among other positions,
some of us have served as President of the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the Southern Historical Association, the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, and the Alabama Historical Association.
Our expertise encompasses the Civil War and Reconstruction, the Southern “redemption,” and American history more broadly, including politics, voting, and elections. We understand that assessing historical precedent is crucial for resolving whether 1) Section 3 of the 14th Amendment covers the president and 2) whether its implementation requires an additional act of Congress. We have professional interests in helping the Court reach its decision by appropriately analyzing probative historical evidence.
For a law nerd, this was a fun read.
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