Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

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

🚨 New article with @jessicaann87.bsky.social in Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities🚨 SCOTUS gender composition is related to more women working at and appealing to the Court.

Who wants to tell him? 🤔

🚨EXCLUSIVE: Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Cite each other. Cite your friends. Cite your friends' friends. Cite each others' students. Cite the paper you like at that conference last year. Cite the person you met who's going up for tenure next year. Our bibliographies should push the limits of every journal's page limits.

“If only we had been nicer to Robert Bork”

New findings from Miles Armaly, Christopher Krewson & Elizabeth Lane shows that descriptive representation shapes not just views of judicial nominees, but trust in the Court itself. #SCOTUS #DescriptiveRepresentation #RaceandPolitics Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Political science suggests liberals are more tolerant of the Supreme Court when it makes decisions they don't like. Kathryn Haglin, Soren Jordan, Alison Higgins Merrill and @joeura.bsky.social ask: does that still hold up with the new-look Court? Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

From May 2025 - Gendered Expectations: Do Voters Reward Women for Supporting Women’s Interests? - cup.org/3YTHTQJ - Nichole M. Bauer, @annagunderson.bsky.social, @jeonghyunkim.bsky.social, @elizabethlane.bsky.social, Belinda Davis & @kesearles.bsky.social #OpenAccess

New publication alert! @elizabethlane.bsky.social and I examine how the institutional interests of the Office of the Solicitor General shape its positions and the justices' reactions to them 1/3 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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

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/...

Did you present or see interesting new law and courts research at a conference in the past year? If so, please nominate it for the @apsa.bsky.social Law and Courts Best Conference Paper Award. Self noms welcome and encouraged! More info below ⬇️

Really excited our paper on judicial campaign appeals and gender is out at @thejop.bsky.social! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...