Check out this cool new work! As senators work through hundreds of nominees/Congress (in addition to all their other work), we argue nominees FedSoc affiliation serves as an important cue for senators when voting on judicial nominees.

#OpenAccess from the Journal of Law and Courts - The Influence of Federalist Society Affiliation on Senator Voting in Federal Judicial Nominations - cup.org/4meYp7l - ‪@christinecbird.bsky.social, @jonathanmking.bsky.social & Zachary A. McGee #FirstView

We are hiring! UGA Political Science is looking for an Assistant Professor in American Politics (any subfield). Ad is here: www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/443... Deadline is 9/15. I just got here BUT I already got to meet Hairy Dawg at orientation, so I can confirm it's a great place to work!

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/...

Some professional news: I'm incredibly excited to announce that I will be joining the University of Georgia Dept of Political Science in Fall 2025. I will miss my colleagues and students at WVU but am looking forward to joining an amazing department in Athens!

Newly accepted at American Politics Research (w/ the twitterless Ian Ostrander)! Like judicial confirmations? Like Senate rules change? Want to know how the 2013 nuclear option changed judicial nominations? Then do I have the paper for you!

My toddler's book on the Supreme Court inadvertently explaining the current political situation (looking at you Article I)

Notice announcing that effective THIS MONDAY, all existing and new NIH awards will be capped at 15% indirects: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide... Most universities currently have indirect rates that are over 50%....so this will decimate research universities' budgets #WomenInSTEM #DataScience #PoliSky

wow NIJ announces they've cancelled all current RFPs

Out today online! I analyze the effect radical right parties have had on voter turnout in Europe. While some have argued the radical right can mobilize voters, I find radical right parties contesting an election -> decrease in trust -> lower voter turnout. t.co/mCC6YdZDmE

Happy @apsrjournal.bsky.social publication day for our very timely piece "How the Trump Administration’s Quota Policy Transformed Immigration Judging" (w/ @enblasingame.bsky.social, @robertocarlos.bsky.social, @joeornstein.bsky.social). Open access here: doi.org/10.1017/S000... 1/