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Jim Kelly

@james-kelly.bsky.social
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Professor of Political Science, Concordia University. Donner Prize Finalist 2005, 2024. Judicial politics. Retired QB. Toronto Blue Jays fan. Belfast born 🇮🇪 @JamesB_Kelly www.ubcpress.ca/james-b-kelly

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🇨🇦 CPSA ACSP 🇨🇦 @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Call for Proposals #CPSA_ACSP27 ⏰ Nov 10 2026 📍 UBC-Vancouver-CANADA|May 26–28 2027 mycpsa-cpsa-acsp.ca/cfp/cfp_index @hamishtelford.bsky.social @james-kelly.bsky.social @kimnossal.bsky.social @kariroberts.bsky.social @cedunton.bsky.social @meggaucher.bsky.social @karenlynnbird.bsky.social
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Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🟥Single-poll projection using Léger's latest federal numbers... 📊Details : 338canada.com/20260906-leg...
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Conor J. Kelly @conorjkelly.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Definitely a career highlight to get these in the post! Thanks @routledgebooks.bsky.social Available for pre-order here: www.routledge.com/Explaining-N... Please encourage your university library to purchase a copy :)
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 12/04/2026
Viktor Orbán has been ousted—and efforts by Washington and Moscow to prop the autocratic leader up give his defeat implications that extend far beyond Hungary, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports from Budapest. Read more: theatln.tc/KdGVkPGT
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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Provincial governments shouldn’t have veto power over federal supervised consumption site exemptions. The federal government has jurisdiction over criminal law and needs to exercise it appropriately. #cdnpoli www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/ar...
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Sask. asks Ottawa not to renew exemption as Prairie Harm Reduction seeks to reopen site
The provincial government asked Ottawa last week not to renew Prairie Harm Reduction’s exemption to operate a supervised consumption site, as the organization works to reinstate it.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 18/03/2026
"I think that we're failing in our duty to give people hope," Smith told reporters. --- It is unclear how removing medical options gives anyone hope. Quite the opposite. This law makes the Christian right feel better. As will new restrictions on abortion. They eliminate hope for everyone else.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 21/03/2026
The widely cited study on closing Red Deer’s overdose prevention site is inconclusive & overstated. It ignores key factors, conflicts of interest, and transparency. Relying on it risks lives, especially when broader evidence shows these sites save them. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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Opinion: Flawed study on Red Deer OD prevention site closure could put lives at risk
Basing decisions about the future of overdose prevention sites on a single, inconclusive study puts lives at risk.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 18/03/2026
"More than outlawing MAID for certain circumstances, Alberta's bill would also prohibit medical professionals from referring patients to providers in other provinces....+ www.timescolonist.com/national-new....
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Alberta government moves to drastically reduce access to medically assisted dying
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government took steps Wednesday to drastically restrict who's eligible for medical assistance in dying.
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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Contrary to evidence and basic human empathy…. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ontario to end funding to multiple drug consumption sites, including 2 in Toronto, forcing them to close | CBC News
The Ontario government says it will end funding to at least three provincially funded drug consumption sites in the province, including two in Toronto, in a move that is drawing concern from advocates...
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 10/02/2026
#OpenAccess from @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social - Parliamentary Constraints on Constitutional Review in the Supreme Court of Canada - cup.org/4anme8u - @brendandell.bsky.social, Paul J. Gardner & Geoffrey Thomas Sigalet #FirstView
Red letters "CJPS RCSP" are displayed on a blue background with a thin white line separating them. Below the line, the hashtag "#OpenAccess" is written in white.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 03/02/2026
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Former prime ministers Harper, Chrétien call for national unity to confront Donald Trump
Onetime leaders from different parties say the country can survive by sticking together
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
If folk are in London this Friday evening, LSE Law School are holding what is certain to be an emotional event paying tribute to their colleague, the much missed Professor Conor Gearty: share.google/RuVaqGkk7Zd4...
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Remembering Professor Conor Gearty - In Tribute - LSE Law School Events
Join us for an evening of remembrance celebrating the life and work of Professor Conor Gearty, beloved teacher, mentor, and friend. Speakers will share personal tributes reflecting on Conor’s extraord...
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Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
📊Léger : "Si un référendum avait lieu sur la souveraineté du Québec, voteriez-vous POUR ou CONTRE la souveraineté du Québec?" (27-29 janvier 2026) 🔴62% Contre 🔵29% Pour qc125.com/20260128-leg...
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Qc125 Québec | Sondage souveraineté Léger, janvier 2026
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Jim Kelly @james-kelly.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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Judging the provinces - Charter interpretation and the erosion of provincial autonomy: Dave Snow and Mark Harding | Macdonald-Laurier Institute
The judicial centralization of policymaking risks undermining the very federal balance on which the cohesion of the Canadian federation depends.
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Jim Kelly @james-kelly.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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Ted Morton: The Charter is gutting the provinces and the data proves it
The courts are centralizing Canada at an increasingly aggressive rate
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Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
📊Intentions de vote au Québec, sondage Léger: ⚜️PQ 32% 🔴PLQ 26% 🔵CAQ 17% ⚫️PCQ 14% 🟠QS 7% → qc125.com/20260128-leg... [Léger, 27-29 janvier 2026, n = 1 000] #polQC
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Qc125 Québec | Sondage Léger, janvier 2026
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/01/2026
Breaking News: Sen. Amy Klobuchar is running for governor of Minnesota, entering a contest that has been reshaped by President Trump's immigration crackdown.
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Amy Klobuchar Announces Run for Minnesota Governor
The Democratic senator, who signaled her bid after Gov. Tim Walz said he wouldn’t run again, talked about moving past political divides in a video announcement.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
EXC - MPs and peers who backed the assisted dying bill now believe it is “near impossible” for it to pass the House of Lords in time because of procedural obstacles used by opponents. “It is our system at its absolute most dysfunctional,” one MP said. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Assisted dying bill backers say it is ‘near impossible’ it will pass House of Lords
Exclusive: Legislation thought unlikely even to be put to vote before timing out after delay tactics by opponents
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
One of the greatest Sporting photos ever taken. MUHAMMAD ALI - born 84yrs ago today - reacts to his first round knockout of Sonny Liston during the 1965 World Heavyweight Title fight.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 16/01/2026
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Legault’s ‘third way’ Quebec nationalism down but not out after resignation
With the PQ leading in the polls, the ‘national question’ is back on the agenda, despite the Premier’s best efforts
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uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
We are delighted to announce that @tommasopavone.bsky.social, Caleb Pomeroy and Nicole Bernhardt have each received Connaught New Researcher Awards for 2024-25! www.politics.utoronto.ca/news/connaug...
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Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
🗳️Élections générales au Québec dans 269 jours ! 🔮 Faisons un peu de politique-fiction. Ma chronique pour @lactualite.com ↓ lactualite.com/politique/4-...
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4 scénarios de fou pour les prochaines élections québécoises !
Attachez vos tuques : l'année électorale qui s'amorce au Québec s'annonce palpitante, et aucun scénario ne peut être écarté. En voici quatre qui pourraient faire exploser votre cerveau, élaborés à par...
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Michal Ovádek @movadek.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
can't wait to dig into the data with @tommasopavone.bsky.social. This is probably one of the largest survey experiments ever run in Slovakia, a country you will not find analysed in the big journals very often
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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
👀 Coming soon 👀
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Jim Kelly @james-kelly.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
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As the floor-crossing dust settles, Conservatives are bracing for more defections
After MP Michael Ma crossed the floor from the Conservatives to the Liberals, it's the best of times for Liberals and the worst for the CPC.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 11/12/2025
We also found that party defections tend to come in bunches as often as solo acts. Expect more rumors and machinations over the holiday break. Our new book makes a great Christmas gift for potential floor-crossers and political observers alike! partyloyalty.ca
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No I in Team | Party Loyalty in Canadian Politics
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 11/12/2025
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Ontario MP Michael Ma crosses floor to Liberals
Ma was elected for the first time in April and says in his statement he entered the public service to focus on solutions, not division
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Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill University @rgcs-mcgill.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Today RGCS faculty member Daniel Weinstock was formally inducted into the Order of Canada! Story from when the selection was first announced: www.mcgill.ca/law/channels...
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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Labour are down seven points on the constituency vote and four points on the list vote, with declines in net satisfaction with both Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar.
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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Have nationalists and unionists set Northern Ireland's cross-community Alliance Party up to fail by handing it the task of tackling a blue-green algae crisis at Lough Neagh? Read @tagarin.bsky.social, @lpcooley.bsky.social and Elliott Hill's analysis in this new #BJPIR article.
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Allison McCulloch @allimcculloch.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
We've just launched a new policy brief series, evaluating the Dayton Agreement at 30. A partnership between @inclusivepeaceora.bsky.social and the Forum of Federations, our first brief examines public opinions on constitutional reform options in BiH. Read it here: www.forumfed.org/collection/f...
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Federalism, Power-sharing, and Citizen Inclusion: Evaluating the Dayton Agreement at 30 Archives - Forum of Federations
Policy Brief Series November 21, 2025, marks 30 years since an agreement to end the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina was reached. The Dayton Agreement established an uneasy peace as well as a complex con...
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Why Danielle Smith's government is not withstanding so many court challenges: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by me
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ANALYSIS | UCP government keeps blocking or nixing Alberta court challenges. Why? | CBC News
From transgender policies to referendums to "conservative" party names, the Alberta UCP has stepped in where others have feared to tread.
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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Overjoyed that my book The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.cambridge.org has won The Inner Temple Main Author Book Prize 2025! Great to celebrate with my fellow finalists Sean Coyle, Liron Schmilovitz & @vmantouvalou.bsky.social & the New Author winner Brooke Marshall.
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Tommaso Pavone @tommasopavone.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Do you research judicial politics/legal mobilisation/empirical legal studies in the European Union? Submit your paper/panel proposal for the @ecprsgeu.bsky.social conference in Catania, Sicily on July 1-3 2026! @dnaurin.bsky.social & I are section co-chairs. Deadline Dec 10: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
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Tommaso Pavone @tommasopavone.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Friends, my article w/ @silje-hermansen.bsky.social and @louisabo.bsky.social on how/why the "have nots" come out ahead in litigation @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! We propose a theory of judicial leveling & spotlighting to explain these contrarian results: take a look!
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 12/11/2025
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Poilievre says he won’t change leadership style after loss of two MPs
Tory Leader’s first public remarks after Chris d’Entremont left party highlight the MP’s past comments critiquing the Liberals
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Leonid Sirota @doubleaspect.blog · 10/11/2025
New post: further notwithstanding clause mythbusting, to follow-up on my op-ed in the National Post last week.
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Notwithstanding Myths
The case for the notwithstanding clause rests on misunderstanding or misdirection.
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Forward Canada @forwardcanada.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
David King sat at the Alberta cabinet table as the Minister of Education when the Notwithstanding Clause was discussed as part of the 1982 Constitution patriation project. He confirms it was never meant to be used the way it's being used by Smith's government now. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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Opinion: Notwithstanding clause never meant to be used to benefit the government
Dave King was was there when clause was born in Alberta cabinet. It was never meant to be used for the benefit of the government itself.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 04/11/2025
D'Entremont's comments are typical of floor crossers: nodding to personal conviction, constituents' interests, and the common good. The next few hours will be a struggle between the Liberals and Conservatives to control the narrative. Learn more in our latest book: partyloyalty.ca.
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No I in Team | Party Loyalty in Canadian Politics
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 01/11/2025
Pleased to announce the official launch of our latest book! It's an important moment to talk about the ills of hyperpartisanship in Canada. 🗓 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🛒http://partyloyalty.ca
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University of Toronto Press @uoftpress.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
“This book is essential reading for anyone interested in loyalty, dissent, and betrayal in political parties and legislative politics.” Rob Currie-Wood, @mountroyalu.bsky.social Learn more: bit.ly/43FUlFX @alexmarland.bsky.social @jaredwesley.ca @mireillelalancette.bsky.social #PoliSci
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Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
'The king is sending royal warrants to the lord chancellor to secure the removal of the dukedom from the peerage roll, and the title of prince and style of Royal Highness.' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and move out of Royal Lodge
King’s brother will become known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, Buckingham Palace says, in latest fallout from Epstein scandal
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Today, I submitted 456,365 Albertans’ signatures to Elections Alberta, petitioning the Premier to do the right thing, avoid a divisive and economically harmful referendum, and allow MLAs to vote and reaffirm that Alberta’s future is in Canada.🇨🇦 Alberta is #ForeverCanadian
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 28/10/2025
"Bill 2 is perfectly legal." "The kids need to go back to class." I agree. That doesn't mean the premier should've done an endrun around the legislature and the courts. If the back-to-work law was defensible, why didn't she defend it before leaving the country? open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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Alberta Strong and Free, Notwithstanding
The UCP's Bill 2 skirts the legislature and the courts, leaving it up to the public to push back swiftly
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Jack Liddall @jackliddall16.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
📘 Delighted that my first peer-reviewed article has been published @bjpir.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧 It explores the accountability of intergovernmental policymaking between Scotland, Wales and UK. 🔓 Open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 🙏 Thanks @psa-parliaments.bsky.social for all the support!
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 19/10/2025
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Blue Jays will have George Springer in the lineup for must-win ALCS Game 6
Jays’ designated hitter took a pitch to his knee in Game 5
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ICON•S @icon-s.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
📢The 2026 ICON•S Annual Conference Call for Submissions is out! Join us in #Dublin from June 29 – July 1, 2026! Read the 🧵for details ⬇️
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Public Law @publiclaw.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
In memory of Conor Gearty, Public Law's 2007 symposium on his Hamlyn Lectures, "Can Human Rights Survive?" is available to read here: www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/content/dam/...
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Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill University @rgcs-mcgill.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
New from RGCS alum Erin Crandall (PhD '13), Associate Professor of Politics at Acadia, and coauthors Andrea Lawlor and Shauna Hughey, in the Canadian Journal of Political Science "Negative Spotlight: Event-Driven Effects on Support for the Canadian Supreme Court" doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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Longstanding public support for the Supreme Court of Canada is well-documented and contributes to its public legitimacy. However, the sources of this support and how vulnerable it may be to political factors or negative coverage of events are not well understood. In February of 2023, Justice Russell Brown took a leave of absence from the Supreme Court following a conduct complaint under review by the Canadian Judicial Council. Justice Brown retired from the bench in June of that year, before the CJC concluded its investigation. In the intervening period, media coverage of the events that prompted the attention from the CJC thrust the Court into the spotlight. Using data from an original two-wave survey experiment (n = 1,222) from May and November of 2023, we investigate whether perspectives toward the circumstances surrounding Brown’s retirement hurt perceptions of the Court’s legitimacy. We find that the event did not disrupt support for the Court over time but also point to the ways in which opinion toward the Court changed pre- and post-resignation. These findings suggest that support toward Canada’s high court is at present largely stable even in the case of negative coverage of a high-profile event. However, we also acknowledge the potential vulnerabilities that negative coverage of the Court may present.
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