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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jul 18

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

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Jessica Schoenherr @jessicaann87.bsky.social · 21d

Are you telling me that more women in positions of power leads to more women in positions of support?

YES. YES WE ARE.

Elizabeth Lane @elizabethlane.bsky.social · 21d

🚨 New article with @jessicaann87.bsky.social in Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities🚨 SCOTUS gender composition is related to more women working at and appealing to the Court.

It’s Not What You Do, It’s the Way that You Do It: Increasing Women’s Presence at the Supreme Court

Despite occasional arguments that women deserved judicial representation, no woman sat on the nation’s highest court until 1981, and they are only now nearing parity on the bench. While women’s presen...

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Elizabeth Lane @elizabethlane.bsky.social · 21d

🚨 New article with @jessicaann87.bsky.social in Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities🚨 SCOTUS gender composition is related to more women working at and appealing to the Court.

It’s Not What You Do, It’s the Way that You Do It: Increasing Women’s Presence at the Supreme Court

Despite occasional arguments that women deserved judicial representation, no woman sat on the nation’s highest court until 1981, and they are only now nearing parity on the bench. While women’s presen...

openyls.law.yale.edu

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Elizabeth Lane @elizabethlane.bsky.social · Sep 4

Who wants to tell him? 🤔

Chief Justice John Roberts is wary of entering political fray, his top adviser says

But Roberts has on occasion responded to partisan criticism of federal judges.

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨EXCLUSIVE:

Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats:

www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases

Ten judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court needs to explain its rulings better, with some urging Chief Justice John Roberts to do more to defend the judiciary against external criticism.

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · Sep 2

Cite each other. Cite your friends. Cite your friends' friends. Cite each others' students. Cite the paper you like at that conference last year. Cite the person you met who's going up for tenure next year. Our bibliographies should push the limits of every journal's page limits.

Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · Sep 2

If you cite me, just know I appreciate you, because there are times when I'm like, "WHY AM I WRITING A BOOK? WHO IS GOING TO READ THIS THING?" So, you are helping me keep going when I would rather take a nap.

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · Aug 14

“If only we had been nicer to Robert Bork”

David Noll @david.noll.org · Aug 14

thanks to the New Yorker

A Guy Richards Smit cartoon showing federal agents descending on D.C. A couple looks on. The caption has been changed to, "If only we had been nicer to Robert Bork."

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Political Behavior @polbehavior.bsky.social · Aug 8

New findings from Miles Armaly, Christopher Krewson & Elizabeth Lane shows that descriptive representation shapes not just views of judicial nominees, but trust in the Court itself. #SCOTUS #DescriptiveRepresentation #RaceandPolitics
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The Influence of Descriptive Representation on Support for Judicial Nominees and the US Supreme Court - Political Behavior

We argue that characteristics of unelected officials directly influence individuals’ perceptions and evaluations of them. These evaluations then have indirect, downstream consequences on evaluations o...

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Research & Politics @respol.bsky.social · Jul 19

Political science suggests liberals are more tolerant of the Supreme Court when it makes decisions they don't like. Kathryn Haglin, Soren Jordan, Alison Higgins Merrill and @joeura.bsky.social ask: does that still hold up with the new-look Court?

Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Jul 16

From May 2025 -

Gendered Expectations: Do Voters Reward Women for Supporting Women’s Interests? - cup.org/3YTHTQJ

- Nichole M. Bauer, @annagunderson.bsky.social, @jeonghyunkim.bsky.social, @elizabethlane.bsky.social, Belinda Davis & @kesearles.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing the impact of gender expectations on voter behavior towards legislators regarding women's issues, including abortion and equal pay. The document is displayed in a green box with white text.

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Kirsten Widner @kirstenwidner.bsky.social · Jun 24

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/...

Mixed Signals? Rethinking How Ideology and Institutional Motivations Shape the Solicitor General’s Positions - Kirsten Widner, Elizabeth A. Lane, 2025

The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) wins more cases before the US Supreme Court than any other party. Recent scholarship shows that justices are most like...

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Southern Political Science Association @spsanews.bsky.social · May 2

Does a litigant’s race or gender influence public support for Supreme Court decisions?

Read more: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

#JOP #SupremeCourt #PublicOpinion #PoliticalPerceptions

Authors:
@jamilscott.bsky.social
@elizabethlane.bsky.social
@jessicaann87.bsky.social

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Jessica Schoenherr @jessicaann87.bsky.social · Apr 25

Heading your way in the July edition of the JOP!

@jamilscott.bsky.social, @elizabethlane.bsky.social, and I started it as grad students. Seven years, multiple surveys, countless hours of work…we are delighted (and in mild disbelief) to see it in print!

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Elizabeth Lane @elizabethlane.bsky.social · Feb 14

Please email the committee, which includes myself, Virginia Hettinger, Georg Vanberg, and Alyson Yankle. lawcourts.org/section-comm...

Section Committees - Law & Courts

The Section’s work is only possible because of the service its members perform in a variety of leadership roles and on various committees. Editor of the Journal of Law & CourtsTom Clark, Emory Univers...

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Elizabeth Lane @elizabethlane.bsky.social · Feb 14

Did you present or see interesting new law and courts research at a conference in the past year? If so, please nominate it for the @apsa.bsky.social Law and Courts Best Conference Paper Award. Self noms welcome and encouraged! More info below ⬇️

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Anna Gunderson @annagunderson.bsky.social · Apr 3

Really excited our paper on judicial campaign appeals and gender is out at @thejop.bsky.social! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Candidate Gender, Campaign Appeals, and Voter Support in Judicial Elections | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

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