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Matthew Cooper

@matthewcooper.bsky.social

334 followers 1.4K following 12 posts

Political Science PhD candidate at UTK. I study American political institutions and public law, focusing on how institutional structure and political actors shape litigation, legal policymaking, and the implementation of law.

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Matthew Cooper @matthewcooper.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Looks like it was tipped.

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Matthew Cooper @matthewcooper.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I mean I’m fine with her running, her right to do so. But i don’t see how anyone sees a campaign from her as anything but dead on arrival.

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Dan Walters @profdanwalters.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

This passage from Justice Gorsuch is just so revealing of the tortured psychology of the Court's motivations: we have to risk authoritarianism in order to understand the necessity of building a libertarian utopia; there is no alternative between authoritarianism and absolute economic freedom.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We have Slaughter and Cook. By a 6–3 vote, SCOTUS overturns Humphrey's Executor and lets Trump fire heads of independent agencies. But by a 5–4 vote, it refuses to let him fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p... www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

There's no sugar-coating Slaughter. It's an enormously important ruling (far more important than the other three decisions #SCOTUS handed down today). It's a huge win for Trump/the executive. And it's going to have massive ramifications for the functioning of the government long after Trump is gone.

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Matthew Cooper @matthewcooper.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

You have to just power through seasons 1 and 2. There’s some gems in there, but also a lot of bad.

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Matthew Cooper @matthewcooper.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

I mean I agree it’s a lot of investment, but there is nothing to be done about them overpaying Stevenson. An underrated issue the pats have had for the last few years is they never replaced the James White role in the offense. With McDaniels back it looks like they are trying to find it.

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Matthew Cooper @matthewcooper.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

They compliment each other, their roles are not the same.

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Matthew Cooper @matthewcooper.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Most of the reporting by local news here was about dissatisfaction with his contract. It escalated really fast from him not practicing yesterday for the orange and white game, to him transferring today.

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Matthew Cooper @matthewcooper.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

At least his overthrows were entertaining rather than sad.

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Matthew Cooper @matthewcooper.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

And before people say I don’t want athletes paid for their services, I have no issues with the concept of college players being paid. They make their university millions. But the current system isn’t the way to do it. It’s a top-heavy system where only the top star recruits see profit.

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Matthew Cooper @matthewcooper.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I can not like the system while still watching it. But for the record my interest in college football has fallen considerably since NIL has become the name of the game.

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Matthew Cooper @matthewcooper.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

He’s not good enough to be demanding more money than he is already getting. More over throws in one season than I’ve seen in a long time. I’d rather my QB actually want to play for his team than for the bag.

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Matthew Cooper @matthewcooper.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Thank you!

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Matthew Cooper @matthewcooper.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Would it be possible for me to be added?

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