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Alex Badas

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Political scientist studying judicial politics. www.alexbadas.com

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Houston Political Science @houstonpolsci.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We're hiring in American politics for two positions, 1 Assistant Professor and 1 either Assistant or Associate. See link below for details. careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant or Associate Professor – American Politics - Houston, Texas, United States
Department: Political Science Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Political Science at the University of Houston invites applications for two faculty positions in ...
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Christina L. Boyd @theclboyd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Pleased to have an opportunity to speak with Olivia for this article about the trends in judicial appointments this term. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Trump Makes Fewer Asian American Judicial Picks in Second Term
President Donald Trump has nominated far fewer Asian Americans or Pacific Islanders as judges so far in his second term compared to his first, while continuing to appoint fewer members of other minori...
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Law & Courts Women @judicialwomen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's HEEEEERRRREEEEE. Fall writing groups are a go! If you (1) study law and courts, (2) identify as a woman or as non-binary, and (3) are pre-tenure, come join us! To sign up, hit the link below and fill out the info, and we'll be in touch! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Poltergeist Theyre Here
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Elizabeth Lane @elizabethlane.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Check out this article in the NYT on judge shopping that mentions Miles Armaly and my new article in SSQ on the same topic! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/u...
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How Trump’s Policy Agenda Runs Through One Federal Court, in Texas
For years, conservative litigants flocked to Judge Reed O’Connor’s district. Now, North Texas has become a favorite destination of the Justice Department.
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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
📢New issue of #PAG22 is out! In "'You Reached Out to Me to Help'," Jonathan M. King, Jessica A. Schoenherr, and Katelyn E. Stauffer test whether attorney gender influences substantive and procedural legitimacy of anti-feminist interests. #OpenAccess www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Research article titled "'You Reached Out to Me to Help': Female Attorneys, Anti-Feminist Causes, and Their Effects on Symbolic Representation," by Jonathan M. King, Jessica A. Schoenherr, and Katelyn E. Stauffer.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Alito is countering Sotomayor with a further statement from the bench.
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Yusaku Horiuchi @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🎉 New article in Journal of Law and Courts with @victorywu.bsky.social, my former Dartmouth student and now a PhD/JD student at Stanford. It began as his independent study at Dartmouth. 👏 We show that Supreme Court composition shapes how Americans evaluate nominees. DOI: doi.org/10.1017/jlc....
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Alex Badas @alexbadas.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
My coauthored article with Eugenia Artabe, "Using Large Language Models to Measure the Ideology of Supreme Court Justices," is now available in the Journal of Law and Empirical Analysis. doi.org/10.1177/2755...
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Alex Badas @alexbadas.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
My coauthored article with Eugenia Artabe, "Using Large Language Models to Measure the Ideology of Supreme Court Justices," is now available in the Journal of Law and Empirical Analysis. doi.org/10.1177/2755...
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Elizabeth Lane @elizabethlane.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
New work with Chris Krewson and Miles Armaly! We show that (1) nominee support (via shared presidential partisanship) has significant downstream effects on SCOTUS approval, and (2) it is enduring, lasting long after the confirmation process journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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John Kastellec @jkastellec.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I'm pleased to announce that Eitan Sapiro-Gheiler and I have created the Comprehensive Courts of Appeals Database, which extends the Songer Database to the universe of published Courts of Appeals cases between 1892 and 2025. coadata.org/data/
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A machine-coded dataset of U.S. Courts of Appeals decisions, 1892–2025
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Two days left to apply! The APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation #research in #polisky. Learn more and submit #DDRIG applications here:
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 25/05/2026
#OpenAccess from @studiesapd.bsky.social - Voters, Ballot Measures, and Reforming State Courts of Last Resort, 1792–2024 - cup.org/49nSgl4 - Peverill Squire (University of Missouri) #FirstView
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Alex Badas @alexbadas.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I did some quick analysis and oral arguments under the new round robin format were on average twenty minutes longer than the prior format.
Figure showing that after the Supreme Court began using a round robin format to oral argument, the duration jumped on average 20 minutes.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/04/2026
All 16 pages of confidential memos were expected to remain secret for decades to come, but The New York Times has published them. See the documents here.
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Read the Supreme Court’s Shadow Papers
Read 16 pages of internal deliberations from the Supreme Court that the New York Times has obtained, bringing the origins of the court’s “shadow docket” into the light.
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Ethan Boldt @eboldtprof.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
We offer some speculation on these surprising findings in the discussion section of the article, which is open access. This was a difficult project to undertake and began well before the sweeping pardons of all involved in the crimes of that day. With thanks to my amazing coauthors for their grit!
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“Stop the Steal” Sentenced: An Analysis of Judge Appointment Effects on the Sentencing of January 6 Defendants - Ethan D. Boldt, Hayley Munir, Jason S. Byers, Michael C. Gizzi, 2026
This study examines whether the political appointment of federal judges influenced the sentencing of individuals charged in connection with the January 6, 2021,...
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 03/04/2026
New Cambridge Element, Supremely Polarizing, by Nicholas T. Davis and Matthew P. Hitt, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at cup.org/3NT9dfD
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Instituto Juan Linz @institute-juanlinz.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
🎓 3 Full Scholarships funded by the Dept. of Social Sciences, the Juan Linz Institute & Banco Santander 📅 Deadline: April 30, 2026 Among them, the *IJL–Francisco Cantú* Scholarship, honoring an exceptional scholar and awarded to the top candidate among recipients Apply 👇 ijlinz.es/en/postgradu...
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Katelyn Stauffer @kstauffer.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I had the best time on the New Books in Political Science podcast talking about The Politics of Perception. Check it out! newbooksnetwork.com/katelyn-e-st...
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Katelyn E. Stauffer, "The Politics of Perception: How Beliefs About Women’s Inclusion Shape Democratic Legitimacy in the U.S." (Oxford UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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Jessica Schoenherr @jessicaann87.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
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! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Beyond the Front Page: US Supreme Court Media Coverage in the Digital Age | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
Beyond the Front Page: US Supreme Court Media Coverage in the Digital Age
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 19/01/2026
#OpenAccess from the Journal of Law and Courts - A Database of the United States Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket, 1993–2025 - cup.org/4pOXlbr - @jkastellec.bsky.social & Anthony R. Taboni #FirstView
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Diana O'Brien @dzobrien.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Excited that "Race, Gender, and Nascent Political Ambition" is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social. W/ survey of white, Hispanic, and Black American respondents, we show primary gap in nascent political ambition is not between men and women but between white men and the majority of the polity.
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American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) @ajpseditor.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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
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Thomas M. Keck @tmksyracuse.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
It's annual con law meme time, from my undergraduates
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Law & Courts Women @judicialwomen.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Friendly reminder that JLC is looking for a new editor! Applications due to the committee by 2/1/2026.
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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
📣 Out on #FirstView 📣 In "'You Reached Out to Me to Help'", @jonathanmking.bsky.social, @jessicaann87.bsky.social & @kstauffer.bsky.social use a survey experiment to test how views on courts and anti-woman outcomes are shaped by attorney gender. 🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 buff.ly/dibwmO3
Research article titled "'You Reached Out to Me to Help'": Female Attorneys, Anti-Feminist Causes, and Their Effects on Symbolic Representation" by Jonathan M. King, Jessica A. Schoenherr and Katelyn E. Stauffer.
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APSA Law & Courts Section @lawcourtsapsa.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The APSA Law & Courts Section is searching for the next Editor of the Journal of Law and Courts (starting Jan. 2027). Apply by Feb. 1, 2026. Questions? Contact the Search Committee: K. Randazzo, A. Badas, D. Hughes, J. Schoenherr.
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Alex Badas @alexbadas.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
My article "The Partisan Foundations of Attitudes Towards State Supreme Courts," co-authored with Eugenia Artabe and Lucia Lopez, is now available online at Political Research Quarterly. doi.org/10.1177/1065...
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The Partisan Foundations of Attitudes Towards State Supreme Courts - Eugenia Artabe, Alex Badas, Lucia Lopez, 2025
State supreme courts have become increasingly salient as the U.S. Supreme Court has deferred more politically contentious questions to the states. Yet, despite ...
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Alex Badas @alexbadas.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
My article "The Partisan Foundations of Attitudes Towards State Supreme Courts," co-authored with Eugenia Artabe and Lucia Lopez, is now available online at Political Research Quarterly. doi.org/10.1177/1065...
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The Partisan Foundations of Attitudes Towards State Supreme Courts - Eugenia Artabe, Alex Badas, Lucia Lopez, 2025
State supreme courts have become increasingly salient as the U.S. Supreme Court has deferred more politically contentious questions to the states. Yet, despite ...
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Alyx Mark @alyxmark.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
🚨If you are an early-career scholar who researches civil justice topics -- please consider applying to join our next cohort! Participants join an awesome community of A2J scholars (& receive a research stipend!). Applications due November 24 (bit.ly/abfecw) @abfresearch.bsky.social
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ABF Access to Justice Research Initiative Early-Career Workshop at American Bar Foundation
ABF Access to Justice Research Initiative Early-Career Workshop Deadline: Monday, November 24, 2025 About the ABF Access to Justice Research Initiative The American Bar Foundation’s Access to Justice ...
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Houston Political Science @houstonpolsci.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Our next candidate is Lucia Lopez. Lucia’s research explains how public opinion and public policy intersect, particularly in the domain of welfare. Her work is funded by the Russell Sage Foundation and the Rapoport Family Foundation. Find out more at Lucia-Lopez.com.
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Alex Badas @alexbadas.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Great opportunity for graduate students. The Law and Society Association is seeking applications for its new student fellows program. lawandsociety.site-ym.com/page/LSAStud...
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Law & Courts Women @judicialwomen.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
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)! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Law and Courts Women's Writing Group
Writing groups for the Fall 2025 semester
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Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
For public policy scholars: JPIPE published our article that uses machine learning to code the universe of congressional and state legislative data since 2009 by the Comparative Agenda Project policy codes. That's 1.68 million bills. OPEN-ACCESS here: www.nowpublishers.com/article/Deta...
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Alex Badas @alexbadas.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The University of Houston is looking to hire a political theorist specializing in American political thought. Full details are available here: careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor - American Political Thought - Houston, Texas, United States
Department: Political Science Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Political Science at the University of Houston invites applications for an open rank position of ...
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APSA Law & Courts Section @lawcourtsapsa.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🔎 Job Market Spotlight: Meet Lucia Lopez, Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Houston and licensed attorney. Her research explores access to justice, legitimacy of state legal institutions and social policy. Learn more: www.lucia-lopez.com
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Alex Badas @alexbadas.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The University of Houston is looking to hire a political theorist specializing in American political thought. Full details are available here: careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor - American Political Thought - Houston, Texas, United States
Department: Political Science Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Political Science at the University of Houston invites applications for an open rank position of ...
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Nick Davis @ntd.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
colleagues in political science. the formal update to the Garand and Giles journal ranking survey is now live. many of you will receive an email momentarily inviting you to participate. in the event you do NOT receive an invitation, please see this website to self-enroll. thanks! sharing = caring!
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Participating
The Evaluation of Publication in Political Research study is open to serious producers and consumers of political research, including faculty in institutions of higher education, doctoral students,…
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Alex Badas @alexbadas.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
My article, "Judicial Ambition and the Crafting of Law: How Promotion Potential Shapes Appellate Opinions," is now published in Political Research Quarterly. doi.org/10.1177/1065...
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Jonathan M. King @jonathanmking.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Check out this cool new work! As senators work through hundreds of nominees/Congress (in addition to all their other work), we argue nominees FedSoc affiliation serves as an important cue for senators when voting on judicial nominees.
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Houston Political Science @houstonpolsci.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Congratulations to @llopez.bsky.social on being named a 2025–2026 @epovb.bsky.social Early-Career Fellow! This fellowship recognizes outstanding scholarship and potential in the field of Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior.
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Chris Warshaw @chriswarshaw.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
According to PlanScore, the new Texas congressional map would have a +17% pro-Republican efficiency gap, which is more skewed than 97% of congressional maps over the past 50 years. planscore.org/plan.html?20...
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PlanScore
PlanScore is a first-of-its-kind gerrymandering scoring service for new district plans, allowing users to upload maps and instantly receive projected data about their partisan consequences. You can al...
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Houston Political Science @houstonpolsci.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Congratulations to Lucia Lopez on receiving a Russell Sage Foundation Dissertation Research Grant! 🎉 Lucia will be on the academic job market this year. You can learn more about her research at www.lucia-lopez.com. www.russellsage.org/awarded-proj...
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How Features of Policy Design and Misperceptions Shape Public Opinion
Housing vouchers are both effective and widely supported, yet the housing vouchers program is underfunded. This may be due to American’s conflicting views about housing assistance. Recent scholarship ...
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Apply by 6/15! The 2025 APSA Fund for #Latino Scholarship awards grants to initiatives that provide professional development opportunities and financial assistance to Latino/a #graduatestudents in #polisci programs. buff.ly/2yyA9LT
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Apply for the 2025 APSA Fund for Latino Scholarship | Deadline: June 29, 2025
The Fund for Latino Scholarship encourages and supports the recruitment, retention, and promotion of political science students and scholars who study and research Latina/o politics (especially students and tenure track junior faculty).
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Yusaku Horiuchi @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
The Experimental Research section of the American Political Science Association (@experimentsapsa.bsky.social) invites research proposals from post-prospectus PhD students for its Experimental Research Early-Career Fellowship program. Share this post! @apsa.bsky.social, @poscresearch.bsky.social
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Joe Ura @joeura.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
I'm excited to share my latest article, Policy, Position-Taking, and Congressional Voting under Judicial Review, at American Politics Research coauthored with McKinzie Craig. Come for the separation of powers theory, stay for the analysis of 1989 Senate flag burning votes! doi.org/10.1177/1532...
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Judicial review introduces uncertainty for members of Congress about whether and to what extent bills they pass will have enduring policy consequences. We argue that the risk courts will strike down a law influences members’ of Congress strategic calculations about roll call voting, decreasing the relative importance of policy judgments and increasing the relative importance of position-taking considerations. We evaluate some empirical implications of this claim, analyzing a series of votes cast in the United States Senate on proposals to ban flag burning in 1989 following Texas v. Johnson. Comparisons of floor votes on a statutory flag burning ban—which could be overruled by the Supreme Court—and a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning—which would not have been subject to judicial review—are consistent with theoretical claims about strategic legislative behavior due to judicial review. We discuss some implications of this result for congressional politics and normative debates about the role of judicial review in American government.
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Jessica Schoenherr @jessicaann87.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
Title: Both Liberal and Conservative Judges Rule Against Trump
Description: A scatter plot showing the rulings of judges against or in favor of Trump, categorized by ideology using the DIME score. The x-axis represents Judge Ideology (DIME Score), ranging from liberal (-1) to conservative (1), and the y-axis represents the case outcome (against or for Trump).
	•	Blue dots represent liberal judges, purple dots represent moderate judges, and red dots represent conservative judges.
	•	Some judges are labeled, including Rudolph Contreras, Lauren King, John Coughenour, and James Emanuel Boasberg on the liberal to moderate side, and Carl Nichols, Richard J. Leon, and Joseph N. Laplante on the conservative side.
	•	A note mentions that Boasberg, though slightly right-leaning, was initially appointed by George W. Bush.
	•	The visualization suggests that judges from both ideological backgrounds ruled against Trump.
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