Matt Hall
@profmatthall.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame | Director, Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy
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Congratulations to Rachel Porter, Jeff Harden, and Mackenzie Dobson on their new publication in PNAS! Their article, "Electing amateur politicians reduces cross-party collaboration," stems from research conducted in the Representation and Politics in Legislatures Lab. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Electing amateur politicians reduces cross-party collaboration | PNAS
Public trust in democratic institutions has dropped to historic lows, prompting electorates
in major democracies to turn to “amateur” politicians w...
www.pnas.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Congratulations to Rachel Porter, Jeff Harden, and Mackenzie Dobson on their new publication in PNAS! Their article, "Electing amateur politicians reduces cross-party collaboration," stems from research conducted in the Representation and Politics in Legislatures Lab. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Rooney Report #7 is out! New NDHDS data show partisan divides over political violence remain stark, 4 in 10 Republicans say force may be needed to defend the “traditional American way of life.” Majorities reject violence, but a worrying minority don’t. Check out the full report!
October 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Rooney Report #7 is out! New NDHDS data show partisan divides over political violence remain stark, 4 in 10 Republicans say force may be needed to defend the “traditional American way of life.” Majorities reject violence, but a worrying minority don’t. Check out the full report!
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Thank you to Ryan Enos for his insightful talk, “Are Politics in the United States Nationalizing?” at last week’s Rooney Institute Seminar. We’re grateful for the opportunity to engage with such timely and important research.
#PoliticalScience #NotreDame #RooneyCenter
#PoliticalScience #NotreDame #RooneyCenter
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Thank you to Ryan Enos for his insightful talk, “Are Politics in the United States Nationalizing?” at last week’s Rooney Institute Seminar. We’re grateful for the opportunity to engage with such timely and important research.
#PoliticalScience #NotreDame #RooneyCenter
#PoliticalScience #NotreDame #RooneyCenter
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
Check out our new Org Science!
Employee “Free” Speech vs. Organizational Censorship on Social Media: Balancing the Tension Between Free Expression and Safeguards to Foster Psychological Safety
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Employee “Free” Speech vs. Organizational Censorship on Social Media: Balancing the Tension Between Free Expression and Safeguards to Foster Psychological Safety
pubsonline.informs.org/doi/epdf/10....
Employee “Free” Speech vs. Organizational Censorship on Social Media: Balancing the Tension Between Free Expression and Safeguards to Foster Psychological Safety
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May 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Check out our new Org Science!
Employee “Free” Speech vs. Organizational Censorship on Social Media: Balancing the Tension Between Free Expression and Safeguards to Foster Psychological Safety
pubsonline.informs.org/doi/epdf/10....
Employee “Free” Speech vs. Organizational Censorship on Social Media: Balancing the Tension Between Free Expression and Safeguards to Foster Psychological Safety
pubsonline.informs.org/doi/epdf/10....
Check out our new PNAS!
"Durably reducing partisan animosity through multiple scalable treatments"
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"Durably reducing partisan animosity through multiple scalable treatments"
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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May 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Check out our new PNAS!
"Durably reducing partisan animosity through multiple scalable treatments"
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
"Durably reducing partisan animosity through multiple scalable treatments"
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
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Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
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April 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
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You don't get to decide who does and doesn't have elections (and refuse to do so for the other party when it suits you)
Liar Greg Abbott says he has refused to set a special election to fill the seat of recently diseased Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner because he says Harris County doesn’t do their elections properly.
April 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
You don't get to decide who does and doesn't have elections (and refuse to do so for the other party when it suits you)
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This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
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No news organization should ever use the words "third term" without the word "unconstitutional" preceding it
March 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
No news organization should ever use the words "third term" without the word "unconstitutional" preceding it
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She took an oath to support and defend the Constitution, which includes the 5th and 14th amendments on due process.
Indiana congresswoman says, “You violated the law, you don’t get due process.” These are the same lawmakers who oppose Red Flag Laws because they don’t provide armed domestic abusers with … due process.
March 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
She took an oath to support and defend the Constitution, which includes the 5th and 14th amendments on due process.
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Bingo
The fact that the Department of Justice has not, and will never, launch an investigation into this massive national security breach tells you all you need to know about this lawless and profoundly corrupt Administration.
March 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Bingo
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Not "It could happen here." It IS happening here. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
March 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Not "It could happen here." It IS happening here. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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From the trend so far it seems clear that they’ll try to break the First and Fourth Amendments on a naturalized citizen, then on a US born citizen.
They are arresting people on the streets, terminating their visas, and disappearing them for writing things they disagree with. This is where we are. Two months in. Right now. If you think they won’t begin coming after citizens soon, you are mistaken.
March 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
From the trend so far it seems clear that they’ll try to break the First and Fourth Amendments on a naturalized citizen, then on a US born citizen.
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Lando's leadership of Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back turned out to be a tragically prescient parable for our time. Leaders of institutions: Pay attention! A story in four parts.
cc: Paul Weiss, Columbia University
bcc: all law firms, universities, and civil society organizations
cc: Paul Weiss, Columbia University
bcc: all law firms, universities, and civil society organizations
March 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Lando's leadership of Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back turned out to be a tragically prescient parable for our time. Leaders of institutions: Pay attention! A story in four parts.
cc: Paul Weiss, Columbia University
bcc: all law firms, universities, and civil society organizations
cc: Paul Weiss, Columbia University
bcc: all law firms, universities, and civil society organizations
I’m reminded of a line from Batman: “You wanna get nuts? Come on! Let’s get nuts!”
If marshals go rogue, the courts can appoint others to take those in civil contempt into custody. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
If the Marshals Go Rogue, Courts Have Other Ways to Enforce their Orders
Opinion | Even a rogue marshal’s service is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law.
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March 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I’m reminded of a line from Batman: “You wanna get nuts? Come on! Let’s get nuts!”
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Chilling that the DHS official is unwilling to say no
In which the Department of Homeland Security struggles to answer a very simple question: "Is any criticism of the United States government a deportable offense?"
(From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...)
(From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...)
March 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Chilling that the DHS official is unwilling to say no
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If the government can do this to universities, we don't live in a free society. Five alarm fire.
I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
March 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
If the government can do this to universities, we don't live in a free society. Five alarm fire.
I don’t know about you, but I think the best use of taxpayer money is to fly migrants back and forth to Guantánamo.
Breaking News: ICE has abruptly cleared out a second group of migrants it had brought to Guantánamo, returning 40 men to the U.S. days before the practice is set to face a court challenge.
ICE Returns All Migrants From Guantánamo to Stateside Facilities
A court filing described strip searches and the use of restraint chairs on some of the 290 migrants the Trump administration has cycled through the base.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I don’t know about you, but I think the best use of taxpayer money is to fly migrants back and forth to Guantánamo.
100% right. As shocking as this sounds, leaders need to LEAD public opinion, not follow it.
The problem with Dems chasing public opinion is that THE PUBLIC'S VIEW OF THINGS IS JUST MOVING IN RESPONSE TO WHAT POLITICAL FIGURES SAY AND IT'S VERY OBVIOUS IN THE DATA MY GOD
March 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
100% right. As shocking as this sounds, leaders need to LEAD public opinion, not follow it.
MAGA always meant reverse time. We’re at about 1975 right now. How far back do you think we’re going to go?
February 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
MAGA always meant reverse time. We’re at about 1975 right now. How far back do you think we’re going to go?