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Law & Courts Women @judicialwomen.bsky.social · 5d

IT'S WRITING GROUP SEASON!!!!

L&C Women Writing Group has everything: erudite commentary, vast experience, bonding.

Evidence of success: Pick up the JOP. JLC. PRQ. P&G. SPPQ. Papers that went through our group are everywhere!

Deadline is tomorrow (10/3)!

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Law and Courts Women's Writing Group

Writing groups for the Fall 2025 semester

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Jessica Schoenherr @jessicaann87.bsky.social · 20d

It's a little difficult to overstate how important having information like this is, particularly in our weird (and lovely) subfield...thank you for your incredible work here, @abbymatthews.bsky.social, @alyxmark.bsky.social, and Monica! (and it's open access!)

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Publishing Public Law: Publication Trends in Law and Courts | Journal of Law and Courts | Cambridge Core

Publishing Public Law: Publication Trends in Law and Courts

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Law & Courts Women @judicialwomen.bsky.social · 20d

Read It. Cite It. Syllabus It. And use for tenure letters!

FANTASTIC WORK by @abbymatthews.bsky.social @alyxmark.bsky.social and Monica Lineberger!

cc: @lawcourtsapsa.bsky.social

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Publishing Public Law: Publication Trends in Law and Courts | Journal of Law and Courts | Cambridge Core

Publishing Public Law: Publication Trends in Law and Courts

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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...

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Jessica Schoenherr @jessicaann87.bsky.social · 20d

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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APSA Law & Courts Section @lawcourtsapsa.bsky.social · 27d

Are you presenting at APSA? Tell us about it! Send us a DM or respond and we'll highlight your panel!

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Law & Courts Women @judicialwomen.bsky.social · 27d

We're back, y'all!

Hitting that #TenureTrackHustle hard, but finding time to support our fellow #JudicialWomen nonetheless!

LET'S GO!!!!!!!!!

(PS - follow @lawcourtsapsa.bsky.social for all your official APSA Law and Courts content)

(PPS - We are not judges, please don't tag us to yell at them!)

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Law & Courts Women @judicialwomen.bsky.social · 27d

If you're not following @lawcourtsapsa.bsky.social, you should be!

APSA Law & Courts Section @lawcourtsapsa.bsky.social · 27d

Make sure you download the app well before your panel so you’re not scrambling 10 minutes beforehand trying to find your way to your panel. ✨

APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 27d

Access the #APSA2025 Mobile App or the digital PDF program to browse and search this year's event information, highlights, maps, speakers, sessions, and more during the meeting!

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Jessica Schoenherr @jessicaann87.bsky.social · Jul 7

Oh hey, it's my, @elizabethlane.bsky.social, and @jamilscott.bsky.social's JOP getting some love from SPIA!

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You Better Shop Around: Litigant Characteristics and Supreme Court Support - SPIA

In a new article published in The Journal of Politics, Jessica A. Schoenherr, assistant professor of political science, and her co-authors explore how the race and gender of individuals who

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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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Laura Moyer @moyer.bsky.social · Apr 10

Thanks to @proftracythomas.bsky.social for the opportunity to share our work on gender, judging, and legal influence! #polisky #gendersky #lawsky

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Timothy R. Johnson @trjumn.bsky.social · Apr 10

I am always proud of my former graduate students. Today, @rachaelhouston.bsky.social just published this excellent commentary on the @lseusablog.bsky.social. Nice job my friend! @umnpolisci.bsky.social @judicialwomen.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social

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Law & Courts Women @judicialwomen.bsky.social · Apr 10

Hot off the presses! @rachaelhouston.bsky.social drops some knowledge on us about the danger inherent to recent attacks on the judiciary.

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Law & Courts Women @judicialwomen.bsky.social · Feb 27

Friendly reminder that it’s award season! Nominations for Law and Courts section awards are due 3/1! 🏆

Nominate yourself! Nominate good work! Nominate good people!

In the famous words of Michael Scott via Wayne Gretzky - "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." Take the shot!

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Law & Courts Women @judicialwomen.bsky.social · Feb 14

🚨New paper alert from Francesca Parente: "The Price of Justice: Compliance and Damages Awarded by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights," in Journal of Law & Courts doi.org/10.1017/jlc.... We saw this in writing group and it's 🔥. #ReadItCiteItSyllabusIt #polisky

Abstract states: What factors explain compliance with monetary damages awarded by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR)? States comply with the payment of monetary damages at higher rates than other forms of reparation. However, the higher compliance rate belies the significant variation in time to compliance with the payment of monetary awards. We identify three case-level characteristics that explain this variation: size of awards, number of victims, and victim identity. We test our hypotheses utilizing original datasets on compliance with monetary damages and case characteristics in IACtHR judgments through 2019, and find support for all three factors on time to compliance.

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Law & Courts Women @judicialwomen.bsky.social · Feb 4

It applies concepts from republican political theory to historical constitutional debates from the United States, India, Germany, South Africa, and the European Union. #ReadItSyllabusItCiteIt and get your library to #BuyIt! #Polsky #LawSky
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Constitutionalizing the Private Sphere

Cambridge Core - Constitutional and Administrative Law - Constitutionalizing the Private Sphere

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Law & Courts Women @judicialwomen.bsky.social · Feb 4

📚📚New book by @cbambrick.bsky.social "Constitutionalizing the Private Sphere: A Comparative Inquiry" with @cambridgeup.bsky.social. The book examines when courts understand private actors, such as private individuals, businesses, schools, and hospitals, to be responsible for constitutional rights.

Constitutionalizing the Private Sphere

Cambridge Core - Constitutional and Administrative Law - Constitutionalizing the Private Sphere

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Law & Courts Women @judicialwomen.bsky.social · Jan 31

Hot off the presses! The new issue of American Politics Research features an article by @jessicaann87.bsky.social and
Miles Armaly!

Curious about how judicial friendship affects people's perceptions of the Supreme Court? Keep reading! (it's open access!) t.co/RijpfWaXEe

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The image is the abstract text, which is: “Cross-aisle” interpersonal relationships on the Supreme Court receive significant attention from the justices and the media that covers them. When speaking to the public, justices frequently deflect questions about legal differences with each other by pointing to their ability to get along off the bench, suggesting everyone is just doing their job and there are no hard feelings when opinions go the other way. We theorize these tales of off-bench collegiality create a non-judicial avenue for public evaluation of the Court and its justices. But we also suspect that case outcomes limit these stories’ influence. To test this theory, we conducted a survey experiment that exposed individuals to several stories about judicial friendships. We find that discussing friendships influences attitudes toward the Court most when such stories include a clear cue about the friendly justices’ opposing ideologies. When accounting for ex ante policy preferences, however, that influence is entirely attenuated. Our results indicate these stories impact evaluations of the Court, but outcome-based evaluations prove more critical, suggesting the menu of options for the Court to bolster public support is limited in the context of case outcomes.

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Law & Courts Women @judicialwomen.bsky.social · Jan 29

📚 Congratulations to @alyxmark.bsky.social for her new book about state courts! 🎊 In Courts Unmasked (what a great title!), she examines state courts' responses to the pandemic but she also speaks to broader questions of access to justice and access to courts. Learn more below & get your copy today.

Alyx Mark @alyxmark.bsky.social · Jan 28

Hi Bluesky friends! I thought I’d use my first-ever post to announce that it’s publication day for my book, Courts Unmasked: Civil Legal System Reform and COVID-19 with @univpressofkansas.bsky.social 🎉🎉 1/🧵

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Law & Courts Women @judicialwomen.bsky.social · Jan 26

It's that time yet again!

Join our writing groups! If you (1) study law and courts; (2) identify as female or non-binary; and (3) are post-PhD/pre-tenure, come hang!

The research is erudite, the conversation perfect, and the vibes immaculate :)

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Law & Courts Women @judicialwomen.bsky.social · Jan 11

🏆🏆Congratulations to @rachaelhouston.bsky.social, @christinecbird.bsky.social and Marcy Shieh for winning the Neal Tate Award!
#WomenWinAwards #WomenWhoJudicial

Southern Political Science Association @spsanews.bsky.social · Jan 11

Congratulations to Christine Bird, Rachael Houston, and Marcy Shieh, the recipients of the Neal Tate Award for their paper “From Ads to Action: Exploring the Impact of Interest Group Supreme Court Confirmation Advertisements” at #SPSA2025!

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Law & Courts Women @judicialwomen.bsky.social · Dec 17

Congratulations, @thaliagerzso.bsky.social! 🏆x2⃣!

#WomenWinAwards #JuniorsWhoJudicial

Department of Politics and International Relations @uoypolitics.bsky.social · Dec 17

Please join us in congratulating @thaliagerzso.bsky.social.
Thalia's article "Judicial resistance during electoral disputes: Evidence from Kenya" has won the Alexander L. George Award and received an Honourable Mention for the Best Article in African Politics.
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Law & Courts Women @judicialwomen.bsky.social · Dec 8

📚New book alert! 📚
Important and timely work from @kirstenwidner.bsky.social and @annagunderson.bsky.social #polisky

Kirsten Widner @kirstenwidner.bsky.social · Dec 6

My @cambridgeup.bsky.social Element with @annagunderson.bsky.social is finally available, and the electronic versions is open access for the next month! www.cambridge.org/core/element.... 1/3

The Haves and Have-Nots in Supreme Court Representation and Participation, 2016 to 2021

Cambridge Core - American Studies - The Haves and Have-Nots in Supreme Court Representation and Participation, 2016 to 2021

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Law & Courts Women @judicialwomen.bsky.social · Nov 11

SLAY!!!! We love this piece! "280 Characters of Contention: Analyzing Partisan Behavior on Twitter During Supreme Court Confirmation Processes" by Maron W. Sorenson, @rachaelhouston.bsky.social & Amanda Savage. Now out at Journal of Law and Courts. t.co/bmbLle1qfY #polisky

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We analyze a cache of tweets from partisan users concerning the confirmation hearings of Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Using these original data, we investigate how Twitter users with partisan leanings interact with judicial nominations and confirmations. We find that these users tend to exhibit behavior consistent with offline partisan dynamics. Our analysis reveals that Democrats and Republicans express distinct emotional responses based on the alignment of nominees with their respective parties. Additionally, our study highlights the active participation of partisans in promoting politically charged topics throughout the confirmation process, starting from the vacancy stage.

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