Shadow docket data update! Version 3.0 of the database is out. The data is update through the end of March 2026. We've also expanded our data collection effort. For 2003 to present, the database now includes all applications, not just ones that the full Court rules on.

Since it's a already a shadow docket filled day, a visual representation of how different the Trump administration is in its strategy of seeking emergency relief. From the Shadow Docket Database with @jkastellec.bsky.social

Since it's a already a shadow docket filled day, a visual representation of how different the Trump administration is in its strategy of seeking emergency relief. From the Shadow Docket Database with @jkastellec.bsky.social

Trying out a beta version of a visualizer of the Shadow Docket Database: robinataboni.github.io/shadow-docke... Would love feedback on what people would like to see!

✨Update ✨: New name, same feelings about Buffalo. I'm Robin now, and yes I picked it because of the bird.

✨Update ✨: New name, same feelings about Buffalo. I'm Robin now, and yes I picked it because of the bird.

God I love buffalo

From our FirstView articles: The Path of Law: Legal Uncertainty and Issues of First Impression in the U.S. Courts of Appeals by @anthonytaboni.bsky.social . doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Happy to share that my paper, "Systematic Corruption," has been accepted for publication in the Columbia Law Review! Link here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Updated WP with the social-medialess Alina Dunlap! What influence do lobbyists have on their clients' decisions? Using data on lobbying in the California legislature by municipalities, we examine how lobbyists structure the actions of their clients. 1/🧵 anthonytaboni.com/wp-content/u...

Asking the tough questions in class

I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place

Reviewing fast or slow: A theory of summary reversal in the judicial hierarchy by Alexander V. Hirsch, Jonathan P. Kastellec, and Anthony R. Taboni is now available in Early View. @jkastellec.bsky.social @anthonytaboni.bsky.social ajps.org/2026/01/09/r...

Joshes Allen like Attorneys General

The Shadow Docket Database (created with @jkastellec.bsky.social) has entered its v2 era. With the conclusion of the 2024 term, we've updated both the data set and our paper. Both can be accessed at shadowdocketdata.com. A couple of quick highlights 1/🧵

The Shadow Docket Database (created with @jkastellec.bsky.social) has entered its v2 era. With the conclusion of the 2024 term, we've updated both the data set and our paper. Both can be accessed at shadowdocketdata.com. A couple of quick highlights 1/🧵

The first version of this project started the summer after my first year of grad school, so it's very exciting to see it out in print

The first version of this project started the summer after my first year of grad school, so it's very exciting to see it out in print

Met my boss today finally

Met my boss today finally

#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social - The Path of Law: Legal Uncertainty and Issues of First Impression in the U.S. Courts of Appeals - https://cup.org/42XsrF0 - @anthonytaboni.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

The strongest regional accent I've encountered in Austin so far has come from the blue jays outside my office

Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

Jeff Staton presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Charles Cameron 🏆👏 Congratulations to Dr. Cameron on this well-deserved honor and thank you for your extraordinary contributions to our field!

The discussants at APSA this year look especially intimidating

A bit of light in the dark. Elizabeth is finally free

🚨I'm on the job market! 🚨 My job market paper employs a formal model to examine the role of racial competency in shaping the behavior of Multiracial politicians. My broader dissertation examines how Multiracial Americans are a threat to racial solidarity. For more, visit www.isaiahcjohnson.com.

godDAMN

Well Austin is about to learn about how insufferable of a Bills fan I am

Hark! A dirigible.

I'm on the 2025-26 academic job market in political science! I recently completed my PhD and am now a postdoctoral researcher at the Comparative Constitutions Project. My research examines constitutional design, public participation, and Latin American politics using mixed methods. mattjmartin.com

Really pleased to announce that my paper "The Path of Law: Legal Uncertainty and Cases of First Impression in the U.S. Courts of Appeals" has been accepted at the APSR. The paper can be found here: anthonytaboni.com/wp-content/u...

This might be my favorite graph in "Making the Supreme Court," not least because it easily dispels the notion that BORK CHANGED EVERYTHING.

New author achievement unlocked: Just saw an ad for a book with the tagline "Perfect for fans of Edward Ashton." So, yeah, I guess Tabones and Maggie the Cat should probably grab themselves copies of that one. 😇

Really excited to see my work with @jkastellec.bsky.social mentioned in the NYT. See the underlying data and the accompanying paper at shadowdocketdata.com

I've officially moved to Austin. Please send your recommendations for coffee, food, things to do, and more food.

This is just the kind of thing we need. Careful people collecting important data and building a public resource. Kudos! I suspect these data will get a lot of use.

Excited to share these data with the world!

The Supreme Court ruled that the Equal Protection Clause does not protect everybody equally. Instead it upheld the Tennessee law that seeks to eradicate trans kids. My latest in @thenation www.thenation.com/article/poli...

yeah, these people are seething with hatred, and momentary victories getting to stomp on some minority doesn't fix the howling void in their souls bsky.app/profile/mlro...

Why did no one prepare me for the tough times post graduation? (I have to purchase a month Mathematica license until I start my postdoc).

Congratulations to Anthony Taboni, who received Honorable Mention for @apsa.bsky.social's Best Conference Paper Award, Law and Courts Division for “The Path of Law: Legal Uncertainty and Issues of First Impression in the U.S. Courts of Appeals.” @anthonytaboni.bsky.social

Life hack alert! If you spend six years in grad school and write a dissertation, they add three letters to your name!

The world is a lot but my cat fell into the shower this morning and got damp! (She is fine and got towel dried and treats)

stuck around just long enough for Easter and to tell J.D. Vance to repent his ways, and then peaced out.

I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison. It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.

Repeating: Constitutional *crisis* (and Rubicon) is the wrong way to think about it. It's a continuing, multi-pronged *attack* on the Constitution, the rule of law, and the republic. All of it counts.

If you would grant me permission to briefly lib out I will say that this was my favorite part.

Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.