Damn. We're writing the acknowledgements for the book, which has grown out of some 8 years of close work with so many people. Hardly seems fair that there will only be two named authors.

We're finally doing something I've wanted to for years: walking Manhattan, end to end. Let's go!

ICYMI: DOJ this week also went after states and election officials who are resisting Trump's crackdown on democracy

In their Callais brief, Louisiana argues that "race-based redistricting rests on an invidious stereotype: that all minorities... share the same interests and voting preferences." Of course, that's not true: Plaintiffs must demonstrate racially polarized voting for a court to find a Sec 2 violation

I hope you can join us at The Power of State Constitutional Rights, a symposium on Nov 6-7 in Chicago, organized by @brennancenter.org & Northwestern Law Review. We'll be hearing from judges, scholars and practitioners about the future of state con law. RSVP below! brennan.swoogo.com/stateconstit...

I don't think this'll make the cut for the book, but interesting nonetheless to see how partisan and geographical polarization shifted over the life of the VRA

I'm sorry WHAT???? This is INSANE gothamist.com/news/secret-...

As we're again hearing nonsense about fraud in the 2020 election, I'm glad to see our (cc @ianshapiro.bsky.social) open access paper was published last week at @polbehavior.bsky.social. A thread, but tl;dr: belief in fraud in 2020 was fully rooted in white racial resentment doi.org/10.1007/s111...

FYSA: Bike lane over the Brooklyn Bridge is shut down #bikenyc

I'm thinking a lot about the distinctive historical political culture that grew up in W Tennessee and E North Carolina that Key and others describe. It can be hard to grasp — but when you're out in these hills, it becomes much easier to understand how geographically cut off the region used to be

It's almost Constitution Day (9/17). If your students are looking for a short read about why the Framers wanted a bigger federal government, this one's for you. With tons of sourced links to some great work by other scholars and the Framers themselves. goodauthority.org/news/good-to...

"After reviewing state voter rolls going back to the 1980s, Louisiana’s Republican secretary of state announced this month that 'non-citizens illegally registering or voting is not a systemic problem in Louisiana.' That finding aligns with years of research."

The Georgia Republican Party is asking legislators to get rid of a week of early voting, end no-excuse absentee voting and eliminate automatic voter registration. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Headed to Lyon and Paris for a few days in a couple weeks. What are your favorite off-the-beaten-path neighborhoods to walk around and places to eat???

And that... Lawmakers representing many racist white constituents are pushing restrictive voting policies into place! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

It's almost as though... Wait for it... The mass public's belief in voter fraud is racialized, and relies on racialized tropes! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Can’t stop, got heron shit to do.

No surprises here: Noncitizens (still) aren't voting in American elections in appreciable numbers, as confirmed by Louisiana's Secretary of State. We're talking less than 1-in-a-million!

I know I don't have a lot of hiker folks on here, but these pictures are really a lot of fun: www.reddit.com/r/Appalachia...

a major change to Senate rules around confirmations:

Lotta people having a hard time holding two ideas in their head at the same time.

First time I've seen a disclaimer on a package like this. Tariff-related, I have to imagine?

I'm so excited! Today is our annual Local Political Economy Conference (#LPEC) and the lineup of papers and participants is SO AMAZING 🤩🤩 jdbk.scholars.harvard.edu/lpec2025

As ever, this @jamellebouie.net column is worth your time: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...

Dear NYC: 1. The last day to register to vote is October 25, 2025. 2. There will be two mayoral debates, on Thursday, October 16 and Wednesday, October 22.

Once again daydreaming about how nice a counterflow bike lane *all the way* from the Battery to the Brooklyn Bridge on Broadway would be

I'm bummed I won't be able to attend, but this'll be a great event at ASU in a few weeks! www.brennancenter.org/events/democ...

Tremendously proud to contribute, in ways small and big, to the fight for voting rights. Folks, the Voting Rights Act is good, actually. SCOTUS must protect it. And a reminder that the oral argument is on Oct 15

I saw a woman wearing this in TN and I loved it. She told me it was a fundraiser her friend was doing to support laid-off NPS employees. And now I have one, too!

I saw a woman wearing this in TN and I loved it. She told me it was a fundraiser her friend was doing to support laid-off NPS employees. And now I have one, too!

A real stab in the dark here, but does anyone have code to get redist_map() to work with the Alaska precinct data? They are discontinuous and I've been banging my head for hours on this one. (I'll go ahead and CC: @corymccartan.com, too, but I'm always bugging him)

With a couple papers getting over the finish line in the past two weeks, I... Have nothing under review right now. No R&Rs sitting on my desk, no waiting around on reviewers. Just a couple papers nearing submission (and working on book revisions). Weird.

David Brooks is desperate for "lefties who are willing to spend money fighting poverty but also willing to promote the traditional values and practices that enable people to rise” and I feel like he should go to any mainline Protestant Church on a Sunday

A friend recommended Old Joy, and it's great — a beautiful little film that's worth your time

“The Hidden Cause (and Higher Stakes) of the Gerrymandering Crisis” electionlawblog.org?p=151889

Join me along with the a power packed panel of my expert colleagues online this Thursday!: www.brennancenter.org/events/next-...

I still can't get over the way Helene just tossed these trees around. The trail caretakers have done amazing work, but the damage is almost unbelievable

New Science Advances - Prebunking & credible source corrections increase election credibility: Evidence from US & Brazil www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Effects of prebunking voter fraud misinfo somewhat more durable (US) & larger (Brazil) than for credible source corrections. Driven by novel info.

Catching up on the news and frankly thinking about returning to the woods

Wow, one of those times when you knew that water is wet, but seeing the study of just how wet the water is is still staggering. -Even *within* Trump supporters, whites' racial resentment predicts belief in voter fraud. -Cities' Black population ➡️ mentions of fraud, regardless of Biden vote share.

“…groups poised to lose power draw on rote narratives linking race and criminality to legitimize their own denial of free and fair elections.”

As we're again hearing nonsense about fraud in the 2020 election, I'm glad to see our (cc @ianshapiro.bsky.social) open access paper was published last week at @polbehavior.bsky.social. A thread, but tl;dr: belief in fraud in 2020 was fully rooted in white racial resentment doi.org/10.1007/s111...

"Black cities were at the epicenter of fraud dialogue... electoral confidence deteriorated most for racially-resentful Whites post-election in 2020.... racially resentful White Americans are especially likely to believe accusations of fraud when...racialized" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Trump's city-crime narrative leans on encoded stereotypes of largely Black cities. OUT TODAY @polbehavior.bsky.social, @kevintmorris.bsky.social and I show Black cities were also the epicenter of the 2020 election fraud narrative. Republicans and Racially resentful Whites were most susceptible.

A hundred more excellent miles on the AT. Glad to spend some time in these areas but by Helene, and grateful as always for the hospitality of these wonderful folks

Ten days on the Appalachian Trail lfg

Swamped with first week of class things, but overwhelmingly glad Kevin and the Rush el al scholars have their eye on the ball regarding the on-going attacks on voting rights in America. Read, cite, and maybe even assign these papers in your seminars. Rigorous and important work!

Ah yes, the Bible from Herod’s perspective

“White voters typically vote as a bloc such that they are usually able to defeat the Black candidate. … Race, not partisanship, best explains the divergent voting patterns between Black and White Mississippians,” wrote federal Judge Sharion Aycock, a George W. Bush appointee. buff.ly/s8rgJyB

Glad to see the "no shit" police are out in full force on this. But guess what! Having peer-reviewed research makes it harder for elites to ignore the evidence! We're not always trying to preach to the choir here, folks!