My article "The Partisan Foundations of Attitudes Towards State Supreme Courts," co-authored with Eugenia Artabe and Lucia Lopez, is now available online at Political Research Quarterly. doi.org/10.1177/1065...

Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.

I’m claiming this win.

Does Janet Reno mean nothing to you, WaPo?!

From Winnipeg, Manitoba, No. 19, JONATHAN TOEWS! 🤩 #NHLFaceOff

Been a busy couple of weeks! Thanks to CESR at USC and the Arlin M. Adams Center at Susquehanna for the invites and letting me talk about the fun project Cody Drolc, Alison Merrill, and I are working on! Added bonus that I actually got to *see* Alison!!!

Run, don’t walk. 100% would not have made it this far without the writing groups!

IT'S WRITING GROUP SEASON!!!! L&C Women Writing Group has everything: erudite commentary, vast experience, bonding. Evidence of success: Pick up the JOP. JLC. PRQ. P&G. SPPQ. Papers that went through our group are everywhere! Deadline is tomorrow (10/3)! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Today in CJ Admin… Student: can they search the trunk? Me: Not without a warrant or probable cause. Please see JayZ’s hit song 99 Problems for helpful rules. My glove compartment is locked, so is the trunk in the back, and I know my rights, so you’re going to need a warrant for that. 🤦🏻‍♀️

It's a little difficult to overstate how important having information like this is, particularly in our weird (and lovely) subfield...thank you for your incredible work here, @abbymatthews.bsky.social, @alyxmark.bsky.social, and Monica! (and it's open access!) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Are you telling me that more women in positions of power leads to more women in positions of support? YES. YES WE ARE.

"This is a case about Katz and dogs" -- opening line of a pending SCOTUS cert. petition about an allegedly unconstitutional search involving a police dog. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

Time for the #JuniorsWhoJudicial to shine!

My article, "Judicial Ambition and the Crafting of Law: How Promotion Potential Shapes Appellate Opinions," is now published in Political Research Quarterly. doi.org/10.1177/1065...

Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people. Using our database, you can search for organizations and people that have paid the justices, reimbursed them for travel, given them gifts and more.

It is that time of year where the handout I made about how to read a social science article comes in useful for faculty and students. In case it is helpful for you: mjnelson.org/Teaching/How....

Really pleased to announce that my paper "The Path of Law: Legal Uncertainty and Cases of First Impression in the U.S. Courts of Appeals" has been accepted at the APSR. The paper can be found here: anthonytaboni.com/wp-content/u...

100% the best art you can ask for!

#OpenAccess from the Journal of Law and Courts - The Influence of Federalist Society Affiliation on Senator Voting in Federal Judicial Nominations - cup.org/4meYp7l - ‪@christinecbird.bsky.social, @jonathanmking.bsky.social & Zachary A. McGee #FirstView

Can embarrassment of one's party dampen partisanship and polarization? One would think. In a forthcoming paper at @poqjournal.bsky.social, Taylor Carlson, @stevenwwebster.bsky.social, and I examine what we call "partisan embarrassment," including looking at the ramifications of these feelings...

Thrilled that this book, with Driscoll and Krehbiel, is out this week. Its topic that become surprisingly relevant: under what conditions does the public punish presidents who ignore court decisions?

We are hiring! UGA Political Science is looking for an Assistant Professor in American Politics (any subfield). Ad is here: www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/443... Deadline is 9/15. I just got here BUT I already got to meet Hairy Dawg at orientation, so I can confirm it's a great place to work!

Super excited for my friend and colleague!!!! Yay Liz!!! So well earned!

Oh hey, it's my, @elizabethlane.bsky.social, and @jamilscott.bsky.social's JOP getting some love from SPIA! spia.uga.edu/you-better-s...

Something about college students wearing Slipknot shirts just feels wrong. Is this what my parents felt like when I wore Beatles shirts in college?! But also how is *Slipknot* the band you all have picked up on?! Full love to Corey Taylor but of all the bands, you picked *Slipknot*?

Delighted to see my article, "The Bureaucratic Origins of Political Theory," in print in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social. It is my favorite thing I've written, and I hope you'll read it. Like most people, I learned in school that political theory began in Athens in the 5th c. BCE. This is wrong. (1/)

White racial resentment used to undermine support for the Supreme Court. Now it boosts it find ‪‪@kshoub.bsky.social‬ of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, @jamilscott.bsky.social of Georgetown University and @leahchristiani.bsky.social of Hunter College, CUNY blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

And only half of those were me repeatedly installing and uninstalling ggplot packages while putting together a replication file :-P

Not a lot of people rooting for a Panthers repeat apparently...

NSF Funded Research Highlight of the Day: 2017's "Jurors' Use of Scientific Information" by Neal, Gervais, & Schweitzer. The project "addresses fundamental Qs about how humans reason w/ & make inferences & decisions based on the quality of relevant scientific data" w/ jurors. 1/

In the small way that I can--via posts on here in the coming weeks--I want to highlight/celebrate some important NSF-funded projects (& resulting societal knowledge) over the years. 1/

Does a litigant’s race or gender influence public support for Supreme Court decisions? Read more: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #JOP #SupremeCourt #PublicOpinion #PoliticalPerceptions Authors: @jamilscott.bsky.social @elizabethlane.bsky.social @jessicaann87.bsky.social

Great piece on the OSG in the Trump admin with a (truly shocking but awesome) nod to some of my and Nick Waterbury's work on confessions of error!

Heading your way in the July edition of the JOP! @jamilscott.bsky.social, @elizabethlane.bsky.social, and I started it as grad students. Seven years, multiple surveys, countless hours of work…we are delighted (and in mild disbelief) to see it in print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

In the funniest moment of my day, I told my students today was my last day teaching at USC and they booed. 😂 In the nicest, I ran into @klunztrujillo.bsky.social just after she taught her last class and we got to congratulate each other on a job well done. 💚

Some professional news: I'm incredibly excited to announce that I will be joining the University of Georgia Dept of Political Science in Fall 2025. I will miss my colleagues and students at WVU but am looking forward to joining an amazing department in Athens!

Newly accepted at American Politics Research (w/ the twitterless Ian Ostrander)! Like judicial confirmations? Like Senate rules change? Want to know how the 2013 nuclear option changed judicial nominations? Then do I have the paper for you!

YESSSSS @rachaelhouston.bsky.social with brilliant commentary, per usual!

THE GREAT EIGHT PASSES THE GREAT ONE 💥 Move over, Wayne Gretzky. Alex Ovechkin stands alone atop the NHL's all-time goal scoring list.

Maybe if they sent me fewer mailers about donating, they could find another way to fund these kids’ scholarships 😒

Oh hey, it me! All good projects should start with a screencap of a WaPo article about the justices making nice and if it matters + the question "Can we test this?"

Political theorists and fellow travelers: run, don't walk, to get your hands on my colleague @dithomps.bsky.social's latest (now out in Perpsectives on Politics). It's a banger, and it gives a taste of how his book project will dramatically change the way we think about (and teach) our field.

Our JSS article is out! And now I get to focus on {marginaleffects} 1.0.0. Stay tuned. www.jstatsoft.org/article/view...

Clemson Political Science is hiring a lecturer to teach undergraduate and MPA-level methods courses + classes in their field of expertise. The job is open regarding the additional teaching field; we have emerging needs in AP, CP, IR, and PA. Please share and apply! apply.interfolio.com/142235

My department at the University of Denver is hiring for two visiting teaching positions in American Politics/Public Law. Happy to answer any questions about the department, DU, and/or Denver. Details and application here: jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49... Polisky

I really love that @dithomps.bsky.social just did the coolest media drop of all time!

I am absolutely honored to be mentioned in this episode of @ifbookspod.bsky.social! As always with @michaelhobbes.bsky.social, it’s such a great show—the best public social criticism out there.

LISTEN NOW: The US Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the Colorado Supreme Court can disqualify Donald Trump from the ballot under the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment. www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen... Alternative link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VpJ...

Hello everyone who doesn't study the Supreme Court but is becoming a Court scholar today. WELCOME TO THE TEAM! If you want to understand oral argument, I strongly recommend looking at the new book by Rachael Houston, Tim Johnson, and Eve Ringsmuth! www.amazon.com/SCOTUS-COVID...