Hi Bluesky friends! I thought I’d use my first-ever post to announce that it’s publication day for my book, Courts Unmasked: Civil Legal System Reform and COVID-19 with @univpressofkansas.bsky.social 🎉🎉 1/🧵

I always feel bad for students who take multiple classes with me. At best, I have 1.25 courses worth of decent jokes and anecdotes.

From our new issue: "How the Trump Administration’s Quota Policy Transformed Immigration Judging" by Elise Blasingame, Christina Boyd, Roberto Carlos, and Joseph T. Ornstein. #ASPRNewIssue www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The State Politics & Policy Section is looking for new editors for SPPQ. Here's the call for editorial proposals, due April 1: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6tc8g...

That glorious feeling when jury duty takes less than four hours …

In Persuading the Supreme Court (Kansas), we found that sustained messaging in the briefs shapes the Supreme Court's opinions. These networks matter! kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700633630/ politi.co/4801lgB

Excited for First Monday? Check out our blog post at 3Streams regarding how collegiality may influence how a new set of cases are resolved.

Interested in how relationships among judges influences their behavior, including trumping ideology? Check this New Books Podcast where Michael Nelson, Rachael Hinkle, and I speak with @drsusanliebell.bsky.social about The Elevator Effect.

Dropping Monday in New Books Network.

Just finished an interview with @mlwhazelton.bsky.social, Rachael Hinkle, and Michael J. Nelson about their terrific new book, The Elevator Effect. Great work on judicial behavior. Podcast drops on Monday. Hint: if you ride that elevator together, you might dissent less.

SLU has a tenure track line in American Politics & Law. I'm happy to answer questions. The deadline is Sept. 1: https://slu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Careers/job/McGannon-Hall/Tenure-Track-Assistant-Professor--American-Politics-and-Law_2023-07009?q=political%20science

Raining here in Central Jersey(yes, that is a place). Reading a great book. Looking forward to making a great podcast with @mlwhazelton.bsky.social Rachael Hinkle and Michael J Nelson.

The Elevator Effect by @mlwhazelton.bsky.social, Rachel Hinkle, and Michael Nelson

Unsure of if I should go more personal or promotional on this site, so I settled on a photo of Ebenezer the cat extraordinaire and my co-authored book. Eb doesn’t care about collegiality, but we should.