The Author: Howard Schweber teaches courses on constitutional law, the First Amendment, and related subjects in the Political Science Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received a J.D. from the University of Washington, an M.A. in history from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in government from Cornell University, in New York. He has previously published numerous articles on topics in American law and legal history, and is the author of a forthcoming book about the development of American common law in the nineteenth century.

The Author: Howard Schweber teaches courses on constitutional law, the First Amendment, and related subjects in the Political Science Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received a J.D. from the University of Washington, an M.A. in history from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in government from Cornell University, in New York. He has previously published numerous articles on topics in American law and legal history, and is the author of a forthcoming book about the development of American common law in the nineteenth century.

The Author: Howard Schweber teaches courses on constitutional law, the First Amendment, and related subjects in the Political Science Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received a J.D. from the University of Washington, an M.A. in history from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in government from Cornell University, in New York. He has previously published numerous articles on topics in American law and legal history, and is the author of a forthcoming book about the development of American common law in the nineteenth century.