A single vote for Trump in the birthright citizenship case would be as bad as anything the Court has done since Bush v. Gore. This issue has been settled for more than a century. It is the jurisprudential equivalent of asking what 2+2 is. Any answer other than 4, something is deeply, deeply wrong.

Are you a leader or member of a coalition? From vetting members to navigating politicized investigations, our OpSec for Coalitions guide outlines best practices on how to keep your collective work secure and effective. Get it here: https://protdem.org/Security-Coalition-Guide

Two-year-old Kaleth is being locked away at the Dilley trailer prison. He is getting sicker with each passing day. He will not eat the food CoreCivc serves, which detainees have said sometimes has mold and worms. He now has a fever.

I'm excited to share the cover of my next book Smuggler! Smuggler tells the story of how the Smuggler's Inn and the US-Canada border became the epicenter for debates about violent immigration policing in the United States. Available for pre-order now www.globepequot.com/978149309209...

We are four weeks into a war where both sides have targeted each other's nuclear facilities. We risk nuclear disaster. Yet the main Trump official on arms control refused to answer my question on Israel's nuclear capabilities and told me to ask the Israeli government.

Florida reviewed Intro to Sociology syllabi across its universities last year. Officials concluded: none complied with a state law that bars "unproven, speculative" content from general education courses. https://chroni.cl/3O4H3hG

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DELIVERY: Members of Congress and the Trump administration got a special message from us with their morning papers this week. The Fourteenth Amendment is settled law.

I had no idea about this aspect of Hughes' life and work.

New from Michael Miller and me at @thejop.bsky.social: Evidence that, in most areas that were affected by the decision, the Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act in 2013 (Shelby County v Holder) increased the racial turnout gap. A thread... www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

"An American Problem" is now available for pre-order at online bookshops! The project traces the rise of the Voting Rights Act. And then we show all the ways that SCOTUS's Shelby County decision has been a disaster. As the Court considers attacking the VRA again this term, we hope it's insightful.

My op-ed on our faltering democracy and how Latinos can help revitalize it latinonewsnetwork.com/community/tr...

This is completely unbearable. But also like… why are his insane ramblings never summarized like this in the media? We gotta wait for a substack guy to put it together like this?

Immigrants make up about one-in-ten Black people in the U.S. Here are some key facts about Black immigrants in the U.S. 🧵⬇️

Happening Now: President Trump has renewed the push to pass the SAVE Act — a bill that would block millions of U.S. citizens from voting. Join Brennan Center experts for a Reddit AMA on the SAVE Act: bit.ly/4uAMt4r

State constitutions can serve as a powerful tool to protect our communities from dangerous collaborations between ICE and state and local police.

Yes. ICE agents don't get to carve out a First Amendment exception for themselves.

The slide from democracy to authoritarianism is often subtle, gradual, and driven from within. The newly launched Tyranny Tracker is a sophisticated tool for classifying political regimes across the spectrum.

BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health disabilities.

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

While I'm here: I want to emphasize that research on Black women voters—merits placement in top political science journals. This work should not be relegated solely to subfield or niche outlets. That’s all.

Re: stripping citizenship, look. There is no legal mechanism for him to do it. The very fact that he is talking about it tells you, yet again, what he is. He’s an aspiring totalitarian who wants absolute power over people’s lives and to use it to reward friends and punish enemies. That’s really it.

Instead of “Alligator Alcatraz” or “Alligator Auschwitz”, let me suggest that we call it simply the Dade-Collier Concentration Camp. Hang the name on Florida. Make them own this disgraceful moment in U.S. history. Make our grandchildren lobby to change the name of Dade County out of shame.

We published toolkits with concrete ways for religious leaders and communities to push back on authoritarianism. Get all of the Faithful Fight toolkits here: protectdemocracy.org/work/the-fai...

turns out you can win super-super-supermajorities of young men and you don't even have to say slurs, resent women, or promote crypto

They simply have to conceive of people like Levitsky as partisan actors because otherwise they’d have to admit that they inexplicably ignored him and the countless other experts who’ve been screaming about this shit for a decade now.

Partisan officials censoring government scientists from explaining to the public about the effects of public policy.

Tucson residents say immigration agents posed as utility workers, in an attempt to detain an undocumented man from Honduras. “They’re lying! They're not in uniform,” neighbor Christine Cariño warned, in a video she recorded. "Don't let them in; they don't have a warrant." tucson.com/news/local/b...

Federalism and Democratic Backsliding in Comparative Perspective Federalism and Democratic Backsliding in Comparative Perspective By Robert R. Kaufman, Rutgers University, R. Daniel Kelemen, Georgetown University and Burcu Kolcak, Rutgers University As a wave of backsliding has swept across both…

Incredibly dangerous. What message does this send to those who would commit further violence, especially after January 6 pardons?

This link should work docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The Trump administration wants to punish universities and students for exercising their free speech rights. Put simply: The president is making up rules that don't exist and bullying schools that don't toe the line.

Elon Musk's Grok makes misleading, unprompted "white genocide" claims about South Africans on X

Mayor Baraka was ARRESTED for doing what Republicans claim to care about: OVERSIGHT. Like the true leaders they are, Rep. Coleman, @replamonica.bsky.social, & @menendez.house.gov were right there with him. The Trump admin keeps weaponizing power against anyone who dares hold them accountable.

This is another unconstitutional notion. Only Congress can suspend habeas corpus and only during rebellion or invasion. As a Trump-appointed judge recently found, the U.S. isn't under invasion.

Today, we wasted time voting on renaming the Gulf of Mexico—a name it’s had for almost 500 YEARS. We’ve got folks losing healthcare, schools underfunded, and rights under attack. We’ve got real issues. Prioritize THAT.

No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...

Presented on my research at Keeping the Republic, a convening focused on the urgent work of sustaining democracy. Grateful for the support of my advisor Dr Luis Fraga and Dr Ricardo Ramirez. #Democracy #RooneyCenter #NotreDame #KeepingTheRepublic

Page One must have been crowded. So NYT puts it on Page 13. 🤡 @schooley.bsky.social

The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget.

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During President Trump's first 100 days, House Republicans have rubber stamped his actions, even ones that are unconstitutional. But courageous people are fighting these actions in courthouses across the country. Our House Litigation Working Group is tracking these efforts here:

Opinion | How to Recognize and Resist Racial Gaslighting in Higher Ed Framing DEI policies as “reverse discrimination” distorts reality, Alice Ragland writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/44fymHb

#Academicsky,#Polisky, etc. my center, @hrc-asu.bsky.social at ASU is hiring a postdoc! Application deadline is May 21st for a start date of fall 2025. Exact start date is negotiable. Please signal boost or apply! apply.interfolio.com/166638

NEW: If Kilmar Abrego Garcia manages to return to the U.S. from El Salvador, he will be detained and removed from the country, the DOJ said www.axios.com/2025/04/15/k...

Weird how the same party that insisted undocumented immigrants don't pay any taxes is now using the records of undocumented immigrants paying their taxes to find them. Of course they think it's *great* they won't be adding to our tax revenues anymore. Damn freeloaders, giving us money for nothing.

Packed auditorium at MPSA for "The State of American Democracy and the Political Science Discipline." Academics still command attention and it's important we leverage that to foment opposition to Trumpism.

Today marks 14 years since six people were shot and killed and 13 people were injured, including our founder @gabbygiffords.bsky.social, in Tucson, Arizona. We will forever honor the victims and survivors, carrying their stories forward as we work to build a safer future for all.