The copyeditor's decision to list Washington University in St. Louis as being in Seattle, WA, does not give me confidence.

📢 Call for Proposals: PEPCON 2026 Hoover’s Center for Revitalizing American Institutions is hosting Presidency & Executive Politics Conference on April 16–17, 2026. Deadline: Oct 1, 2025 More info: www.hoover.org/events/presi...

📢 Call for Proposals: PEPCON 2026 Hoover’s Center for Revitalizing American Institutions is hosting Presidency & Executive Politics Conference on April 16–17, 2026. Deadline: Oct 1, 2025 More info: www.hoover.org/events/presi...

🚨We're hiring at WashU! I'm co-chairing a search for multiple endowed chairs focused on classical liberal principles: rule of law, free markets, regulatory reform, and accountability. Open to tenured scholars across disciplines. Apply by Aug 15: apply.interfolio.com/166960

🚨We're hiring at WashU! I'm co-chairing a search for multiple endowed chairs focused on classical liberal principles: rule of law, free markets, regulatory reform, and accountability. Open to tenured scholars across disciplines. Apply by Aug 15: apply.interfolio.com/166960

In our survey from Feb: Among those with a view, 58% of Republicans say presidents should be able to enact policy without congress. Just 10% of Dems agree. (25% of all respondents neither agree nor disagree) Full breakdown + analysis in my piece @ConversationUS: theconversation.com/trump-treats...

Federal judge in Boston says Trump Admin. violated his order barring deportations without adequate notice. Here's ‪@ajreeves.bsky.social‬ on how legal limits alone can’t constrain a defiant president like Trump whose "pace & scale of defiance are w/o precedent" theconversation.com/trump-treats...

72% of Americans in all oppose unchecked presidential power, but Republican support for unilateral action has hit an all-time high. A political scientist explains how shifting public opinion shapes executive authority: buff.ly/hThJ7a0 @ajreeves.bsky.social, WUSTL and @hooverinstitution.bsky.social

My new piece in @us.theconversation.com explores why legal limits alone can’t constrain a defiant president. When Trump treats laws as obstacles, the real check comes from political, not legal, pressure. theconversation.com/trump-treats...

WashU is hiring for several endowed professorships tied to classical liberalism (rule of law, markets, gov’t accountability). Open across disciplines. Please share or reach out if interested. Full info: apply.interfolio.com/166960

RIP Justice David Souter, who reportedly had never heard of Diet Coke before joining the Supreme Court. www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/b...

Deeply grateful for the opportunity to stand with fellow Penn professors from 4 departments to read the Declaration of Independence, The Bill of Rights, & select Federalist Papers yesterday to call us back to our founding ideals. Grateful, too, to the DP for coverage: www.thedp.com/article/2025...

BREAKING Republican Senator Chuck Grassley and Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell have introduced legislation that would require tariffs to be approved by Congress within 60 days, or the tariffs will expire.

In case people are salivating over the idiotic tariff formula for research papers, @jakejares.bsky.social and I took advantage of another simplistic formula for the 2018 farm bailout: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Are you, or do you know, a recent or soon-to-be college grad who's interested in research and deep dives on Congress? @sarahbinder.bsky.social and I are hiring an RA to start this summer. More info here: careers-brookings.icims.com/jobs/3627/re...

Decades from now, the Covid-19 pandemic will be visible in the data of nearly anything measurable today: an unmistakable spike, dip or jolt that officially began for Americans five years ago this week. These charts capture that break — across the economy, health care, education, work and more.

Had a fantastic (and too brief) time at the @hooverinstitution.bsky.social—catching up with friends, meeting new colleagues, and exploring exciting developments in social science and higher education. Grateful for the engaging conversations!

It was great to host this group. And a special treat to welcome back Cicero's Jonathan Wolfson (Wash U AB 2005).

The @weidenbaumcenter.bsky.social hosted a discussion on the shifting labor landscape. 💡 Panelists: 🔹 Rick Barrett (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) 🔹 Jake Rosenfeld (WashU Sociology) 🔹 Jonathan Wolfson (Cicero Institute) 🎤 Moderator: Pauline Kim (WashU Law) 📺 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUeC...

My colleague, Margit Tavits, is looking to hire a postdoc (supported by @weidenbaumcenter.bsky.social). This is a GREAT opportunity. Learn more and apply at apply.interfolio.com/163623

New article! Rising seas, rising concerns: how climate change vulnerability shapes public opinion, by Tyler Reny, @ajreeves.bsky.social and Dino Christenson. doi.org/10.1080/0964...

New publication at Environmental Politics with Reny & Christenson. We find persistent exposure to sea-level rise significantly influences coastal residents' views and actions regarding global warming. Ungated: andrewreeves.org/publication/...; gated: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Prepping for class tomorrow and stumbled upon this prescient passage from Doug Kriner and @ajreeves.bsky.social's 2015 book, The Particularistic President:

I had the privilege of speaking with @daschloz.bsky.social and @samrosenfeld.bsky.social about their fantastic book, The Hollow Parties. Grateful for the conversation and their insights. Another great @weidenbaumcenter.bsky.social event!

57% of Republicans cannot say that Trump's executive orders have been legal or constitutional.

Happening today!

Oh, St. Louis

Interesting study that draws contrasts with @ajreeves.bsky.social and I's work on taking/deflecting responsibility for governmental crises We found the public rewards accepting blame, while this @bjpols.bsky.social finds it punishes apologies for personal misdeeds www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Are female politicians better advocates for their districts? Featuring research by my colleague Jaclyn Kaslovsky (published in the AJPS with Pamela Ban) source.washu.edu/2025/01/fema...

If you are trying to make sense of American politics today, you should come to this very timely talk with Danny Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld on Feb 6. Their book is a penetrating look at the dysfunction of American political parties and how it came to be. wc.wustl.edu/rsvp-februar...

Definitely bad for accountability, but probably helpful to Republicans. My research with @stevenwwebster.bsky.social and @ajreeves.bsky.social finds white Americans decrease approval of Dem. presidents more than Rep. presidents when they are worried about crime. academic.oup.com/poq/article/...

How has legislative attention to race changed over time? Dramatic growth in racialized words in legislation, but concentrated in symbolic resolutions, not substantive bills drive.google.com/file/d/11WPw... - new JMP from Amber Mackey (on poli sci market from Penn, MIT predoc)