*in the style of the Aristocrats*: "The Insular Cases!"

About 3.6 million Americans live in U.S. territories, but they can't vote in presidential elections. Why? The answer goes back to a series of Supreme Court decisions from 125 years ago.

Some 3.6 million residents of U.S. territories can vote in presidential primaries but not the general election because of where they live.

New piece in @theconversation.com from Austin Bussing and me, reflecting on 125 years of the Insular Cases and their legacy in Congress. theconversation.com/us-territori...

@emamet.bsky.social also wrote this barnburner about how House delegates don't make up for the lack of formal representation for US territories and DC: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

Allow me to alert you to the existence of this paper on why democratic equality requires DC statehood and the scholar, @emamet.bsky.social, doing the hard work of outlining perhaps the most significant gaps in basic democratic representation under the American flag: doi.org/10.1017/S153...

Thanks very much to the GW Hatchet for this write-up of my talk at the GW Museum and Textile Museum @gwu1821.bsky.social gwhatchet.com/2025/08/28/p...

The weakening of the Voting Rights Act is a fundamental threat to multiracial democracy write @michaelgreenberger.bsky.social of @uofdenver.bsky.social and Jasmine Carrera Smith of George Washington University blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Washington, D.C deserves democratic equality – and that means statehood writes @emamet.bsky.social of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

#OpenAccess from the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics - Federal Enforcement and Black Political Representation: Evidence from Reconstruction and the Voting Rights Act - cup.org/4drlmAz - @michaelgreenberger.bsky.social & Jasmine Carrera Smith #FirstView #JREP10

From one Capitol to another! 💡 Our Congressional Fellows explored the Richmond State House, gaining insights from Delegate Pugh Kent, Senator VanValkenburg, Cal Whitehead, Dr. Lauren Bell (CFP '97-'98), & Elizabeth Beyer (CFP '22-'23). Grateful for the opportunity to learn from the best! #APSACFP

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! #Democratic #Equality for #Washington, D.C.! By @emamet.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...

Amid ongoing debates about Washington, D.C.'s autonomy, I have a new article out arguing that democratic equality for D.C. is only possible via statehood. @poppublicsphere.bsky.social

Just ordered @profjw.bsky.social’s new book, We Choose You. Looks like tmrw is drop day. It explores what shapes Black voters’ candidate choices beyond race, highlighting how signals of group commitment matter most. Can’t wait to dive in. Congrats, Prof. Wamble! www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...

Promoting Bipartisanship in an Era of Polarization: The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, by @mbcoven.bsky.social & @emamet.bsky.social successfulsocieties.princeton.edu/publications...

Congress bluesky: excited to have published this case study on the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress with Martha Coven. The Committee made real changes to improve Congress—and modeled a way of working together across differences. Available here:

Thrilled to share this article, with Austin Bussing, on race, democracy, and the creation of four new seats in Congress in the 1970s. The story conveys an enduring political inequality for residents of Washington D.C. and the U.S. territories. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

"Delegates to the House of Representatives: Who Are They and What Do They Do?" Happy to share this episode of the Understanding Congress podcast. Listen here: www.aei.org/podcast/dele...

Thrilled to have this piece with Cameron Dehart now in print in State Politics & Policy Quarterly. We study the nonvoting tribal delegates in Maine’s state legislature, and ask about what it means for them to have a voice, but not a vote. Available open access here: cambridge.org/core/journal...