The wonders of academia.
Dave Kopel reports at The Volokh Conspiracy on more revisionist history requiring deliberate omission and erroneous interpretation of written documentation.
Shades of Michale Bellesiles – only this is done in an amici brief to the Supreme Court. Bellesiles is actually cited, as though Arming America had never been disproven, and Bellesiles disgraced for his academic malpractice.
Once again, Clayton Cramer has done the heavy lifting on the history.
These people have absolutely no shame.