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Andrew Reeves @ajreeves.bsky.social · 18d

it’s been abysmal for a while. Made a book publisher pay for a second round of copy editing after they induced weird errors (of the type you both describe) in the page proofs.

Andrew Reeves @ajreeves.bsky.social · 19d

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

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Andrew Reeves @ajreeves.bsky.social · 22d

📢 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...

Presidency & Executive Politics Conference

www.hoover.org

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Andrew Reeves @ajreeves.bsky.social · 22d

📢 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...

Presidency & Executive Politics Conference

www.hoover.org

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Andrew Reeves @ajreeves.bsky.social · Jul 5

🚨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

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Andrew Reeves @ajreeves.bsky.social · Jul 5

🚨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

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Andrew Reeves @ajreeves.bsky.social · May 24

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...

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Naomi Schalit @democracyeditor.bsky.social · May 21

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...

Trump treats laws as obstacles, not limits − and the only real check on his rule-breaking can come from political pressure

The most meaningful check on presidential power in the Trump era will be political. That’s because courts rely on the broader political system for enforcement.

theconversation.com

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · May 21

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

Trump treats laws as obstacles, not limits − and the only real check on his rule-breaking can come from political pressure

The most meaningful check on presidential power in the Trump era will be political. That’s because courts rely on the broader political system for enforcement.

buff.ly

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Andrew Reeves @ajreeves.bsky.social · May 21

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...

Trump treats laws as obstacles, not limits − and the only real check on his rule-breaking can come from political pressure

The most meaningful check on presidential power in the Trump era will be political. That’s because courts rely on the broader political system for enforcement.

theconversation.com

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Andrew Reeves @ajreeves.bsky.social · May 14

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

Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio

apply.interfolio.com

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Andrew Reeves @ajreeves.bsky.social · May 9

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

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Dan Hopkins @dhopkins1776.bsky.social · Apr 8

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...

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · Apr 3

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.

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Neil Malhotra @nmalhotra.bsky.social · Apr 3

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...

Policy Impact and Voter Mobilization: Evidence from Farmers’ Trade War Experiences | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Policy Impact and Voter Mobilization: Evidence from Farmers’ Trade War Experiences

www.cambridge.org

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Molly Reynolds @mollyereynolds.bsky.social · Mar 21

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...

Jobs and Internships

careers-brookings.icims.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Mar 12

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.

30 Charts That Show How Covid Changed Everything in March 2020

It can be easy to forget, or look away from, the pain and disruption of the pandemic. The numbers will be there to remind us.

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Reeves @ajreeves.bsky.social · Mar 12

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!

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Andrew Reeves @ajreeves.bsky.social · Feb 27

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

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Andrew Reeves @ajreeves.bsky.social · Feb 27

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...

Labor, Regulation, and the Changing Economy Panel

YouTube video by WeidenbaumCenter at WashU

www.youtube.com

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Andrew Reeves @ajreeves.bsky.social · Feb 27

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

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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · Feb 24

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...

ABSTRACT reads: Public opinion towards human-induced climate change is polarized along partisan lines. Indeed, scholars debate whether direct experiences with the consequences of climate change result in durable effects on opinions or behaviors. Our analysis of hundreds of thousands of survey respondents and nearly 30,000 precinct-level voting returns challenges this emerging consensus for one kind of climate change outcome: rising sea levels. We find that persistent vulnerability to rising sea levels is associated with opinions and behaviors about global warming. Coastal residents affected by sea-level rise are more likely to support climate mitigation policy. This association is strongest among those firmly attached to their communities, as opposed to those with the most to lose financially. We speculate that sea-level rise is exceptionally salient in the minds of those affected as an ever-present reminder of the inevitable toll of climate change.

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Andrew Reeves @ajreeves.bsky.social · Feb 19

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....

Rising Seas, Rising Concerns: How Climate Change Vulnerability Shapes Opinions Towards Policy | Andrew Reeves

Public opinion towards human-induced climate change is polarized along partisan lines. Indeed, the preponderance of scholarly work suggests that not even direct experiences with the consequences of cl...

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · Feb 16

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

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Andrew Reeves @ajreeves.bsky.social · Feb 13

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!

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