Relevantly, @elizabethlane.bsky.social and I have a JOP coming out on this very topic, where we examine 34 years of citation data to address attorney targeting of justices. TLDR: yes, they do it and yes, it works.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
If you are interested in the U.S. Supreme Court, but have never seen the justices in action, onthedocket.org provides a step in the right direction. We combine authentic audio with AI-generated video to show you the justices announcing opinions in some of the highest profile cases they decide!
cc: @rachaelhouston.bsky.social @elizabethlane.bsky.social
It is always amazing to chat with @ninatotenberg.bsky.social. My group (Jerry Goldman, @spoolerfm.bsky.social, and Francesco d'Alcontres) are thrilled to open up SCOTUS just a bit more to a world wide audience.
Writing this paper with these people was a ton of fun! And be on the lookout for Matt, who is an incredible up-and-coming judicial politics scholar coming out of MSU!
Enter us! We examine how coverage has changed over time in major papers and online outlets, and put out a call to arms to scholars to rethink the media-SCOTUS-public opinion connection. And, yes, we updated Collins and Cooper’s Case Salience Index (many thanks to them for the help and support!).
Coming at you in First View: a look at the changing SCOTUS media environment by Matt Cota (MSU), @rachaelhouston.bsky.social, @elizabethlane.bsky.social, and myself!
🧵👇🏼 with more details!
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Powell goes full Schattschneider 🤓!
Expand the scope of conflict, get audience off the sidelines & into the game. Gambit to rally political support for Fed & put Trump on defensive. Reminder that Fed depends on political support (from lawmakers, markets, judges, POTUS) to secure its “independence”
These folks stand on their own but can’t help but note they are all MSU PhDs. So proud.
An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court by Miles T. Armaly, Jonathan M. King, Elizabeth A. Lane, and Jessica A. Schoenherr is now available in Early View. @jonathanmking.bsky.social @elizabethlane.bsky.social @jessicaann87.bsky.social t.co/lE9STMjDNk
New article out in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social with @jonathanmking.bsky.social and @kstauffer.bsky.social!
We look at harassers' decisions to employ female attorneys to fortify their arguments. Fun fact: people do not respond positively to these strategic moves.
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Better late than never! NCSU Dept of Political Science is hiring in political behavior at the assistant level. We are particularly interested in scholars who specialize in group or identity politics but are also open to other areas. I am on the committee and happy to answer any questions!
🚨Job Alert🚨 NCSU’s School of Public and International Affairs is seeking a scholar in East Asian politics at the assistant level. I am not on this committee but I am happy to answer any questions!
One of the best programs at my university, the Migrant Student Services program just lost their federal funding. These are some of the most incredible, hardworking, amazing students you could imagine. The program needs financial help if you are able (link in reply). Thanks.
mss.msu.edu/camp/
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.
Are you telling me that more women in positions of power leads to more women in positions of support?
YES. YES WE ARE.
🚨 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.
🚨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...
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.
“If only we had been nicer to Robert Bork”
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
Read more:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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?
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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.
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
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/...
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
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/...
Please email the committee, which includes myself, Virginia Hettinger, Georg Vanberg, and Alyson Yankle. lawcourts.org/section-comm...
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 ⬇️
