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Jake Truscott, PhD

@jaketruscott.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor • University of Florida • UGA PhD • Political Science • Sometimes Writing About SCOTUS & Data • Eternally Miserable NY Mets Fan

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Jake Truscott, PhD @jaketruscott.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
After what felt like ages, very(!) excited to finally see this work in print with @joeornstein.bsky.social & @enblasingame.bsky.social Link: bit.ly/409THxY
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How to train your stochastic parrot: large language models for political texts | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core
How to train your stochastic parrot: large language models for political texts
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Jake Truscott, PhD @jaketruscott.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
scotustext(R) version 2 is updated and live — Improved functions for retrieving, cleaning, and parsing documents from the Supreme Court’s docket, oral arguments, and decisions. Enjoy! Install from remotes::install_github(“JakeTruscott/scotustext”) Link: jaketruscott.github.io/scotustext/
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Jake Truscott, PhD @jaketruscott.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
My students rock
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Jake Truscott, PhD @jaketruscott.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Scaramucci walked so Gaetz could run
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Eric Segall @espinsegall.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Must read by @stevevladeck.bsky.social about his encounters at Fed Soc. www.stevevladeck.com/p/109-things...
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109. Things Fall Apart
Some reflections on my disheartening exchange with Judge Jones at last Thursday's Federalist Society convention—and its ominous implications for the future of legal debate
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Jake Truscott, PhD @jaketruscott.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I’m teaching a specialized (upper division & honors) course on the Supreme Court in the Spring. Goal is to facilitate pragmatic discussions re: the Court using empirical social science, APD, and case law. Any suggestions for particular topics would be greatly appreciated!
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Jake Truscott, PhD @jaketruscott.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
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Jake Truscott, PhD @jaketruscott.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Somewhere in the multiverse the folder is just @stevevladeck.bsky.social tweets about the Mets
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Jake Truscott, PhD @jaketruscott.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
The assumption that any honest discussion regarding questionable behaviors in the federal judiciary is invariably from a position of bad faith (and to stoke a legitimacy crisis) just belabors the point… And attacking the observer’s character directly is pathetic.
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Jake Truscott, PhD @jaketruscott.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I had a chance to meet Ted when I worked in DC - Genuinely one of the nicest people I’d ever met.
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Jake Truscott, PhD @jaketruscott.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
We live in such deeply unserious times
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Jake Truscott, PhD @jaketruscott.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
I see we’re back
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Jake Truscott, PhD @jaketruscott.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
For any folks working with SCOTUS Oral Arguments -- I've compiled transcripts of arguments between 1955 and 2023 (Up to Today) into .rdata Feel free to use!
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Jake Truscott, PhD @jaketruscott.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
Adam Feldman and I are providing SCOTUS stats for the 2023 Term (in lieu of SCOTUSBlog providing StatPacks) - Particularly re: Arguments and Decisions, as well as other noteworthy stats and analysis. For Raw Data: jaketruscott.github.io/scotuswatch/ For Breakdowns & Analysis: empiricalscotus.com
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Jake Truscott, PhD @jaketruscott.bsky.social · 05/09/2023
Bloomberg piece today raises interesting notions re: the composition of the lower Art. III Courts. Some additional figs below from the FJC's Art. III Directory -- Specif. focusing on appointment history to the District Courts (Note: Ideology Assigned Using JCS -- Missing JCS = President NOMINATE)
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Jake Truscott, PhD @jaketruscott.bsky.social · 05/09/2023
Because self-destructive business owners blaming their failures on the Jews has never caused any significant repercussions before. Oy vey…
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Jake Truscott, PhD @jaketruscott.bsky.social · 25/08/2023
Yay! “Good Place Twitter!”
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