"A tour de force-a strikingly original and ambitious account of the partisan evolution of the U.S."

Steering the Senate: The Emergence of Party Organization and Leadership, 1789–2024 by Gerald Gamm & @profstevensmith.bsky.social | Out Now

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Remarkable stats from @ronbrownstein.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

William & Mary is conducting a search for a tenure track assistant professor in comparative politics, with a focus on Europe. Deadline for applications is early October, although there's some flexibility. Reposts appreciated. williammary.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WM/det... .

Ditto

STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

If you're there, be sure to check out prague.eu/en/objevujte...

This is one of the best tributes to Justice Souter I've read, in part because it quotes at length from Justice Souter's own account of the processes of judging.

On the Librarian: Pub. L. 114–86, §2, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 675

(a) The President shall appoint the Librarian of Congress, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(b) The Librarian of Congress shall be appointed for a term of 10 years.

Now Congress should go to court.

From our new issue: "Senate Countermajoritarianism" by C. Lawrence Evans. #APSRNewIssue www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The use of evidence-based language in congressional speeches has been declining since the mid-1970s for both parties
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Lots of people at Rochester going way back - Lynn Vavreck, Wendy Schiller, John Wilkerson, me

Thank you for this plug, Matt! 🙏

My thoughts on the IAF and ADF cases. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...

Everywhere. Used to be cheaper than water and uniformly excellent. But be sure to visit the Parachutist Memorial in New Town. Unforgettable. Likewise the Mucha Museum.

Tomorrow there will be a summit in London where Starmer, Macron, and Zelenskyy will have to face the reality that flattery and deals will not get Ukraine security guarantees. This piece for @goodauth.bsky.social explains why it was worth a try, but likely doomed. goodauthority.org/news/trump-a...

Variation in poverty by cong. districts-- between and within parties. Swing district GOP wary of slashing Medicaid/SNAP, but poverty rates are higher in GOP-held safe red districts. Still, poverty rates vary markedly across the 20 most competitive GOP-held districts-- from <4% to >15% of families

Brilliant but devastating editorial in the Financial Times.

“In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”

If you blow up the middle portion where Harris support at the district level ranged from 45-55 percent, you can see how difficult taking the House back will be for D's in 2026. A lot more D's in majority Trump districts than R's in majority Harris districts.

Surprising how well Harris support within a House district predicts the percent of the vote for the Democratic House candidate within that district. Much tighter fit around the 45 degree line than was the case a decade or more ago.

William and Mary, 1989, a great writer and political analyst.

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A superb chapter that is taking on enhanced relevance, big time!

Grateful for the opportunity to contribute a chapter on "Congress, the President, and the Constitutional Order" to the 13th edition of 'Congress Reconsidered.'

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