Matt Baker @mebakerlaw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Really enjoyed APSA2026 in Boston. Great panel on Public Opinion and Courts, quality time with coauthors and, of course, we got the "Boyd Boyz" band back together! 020
Matt Baker @mebakerlaw.bsky.social · 08/06/2026While we were gone on our two week Yellowstone Road trip, my job market paper was finally published in PRQ! I collected data on all federal criminal jury trials from 2015-2019 in 22 districts to examine jury instructions practices. doi.org/10.1177/1065...doi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 240
Reposted by Matt BakerCambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 11/05/2026#OpenAccess from the Journal of Law and Courts - Political Change and Federal Prosecutor Communications: Does Rhetoric Match Reality? - cup.org/42rqjVE - @mebakerlaw.bsky.social, @eboldtprof.bsky.social, Jason S. Byers & Hayley Munir #FirstView 033
Matt Baker @mebakerlaw.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Dooley and I have had our moments in the past (dismissing my Research Design class twice in the same semester) but it was great to have him at the @emorypolisci.bsky.social senior reception yesterday. 020
Matt Baker @mebakerlaw.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Really happy to share @eboldtprof.bsky.social, Jason Byers, Hayley Munir and I's article "Political Change and Federal Prosecutor Communications: Does Rhetoric Match Reality" will be published in the Journal of Law and Courts! 161
Matt Baker @mebakerlaw.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Excited to return to @uga-spia.bsky.social for Grad Student visitation! Hoping to see @jessicaann87.bsky.social @jonathanmking.bsky.social and many others! 030
Matt Baker @mebakerlaw.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Thoroughly enjoyed attending the @emorycollege.bsky.social honors ceremony with my @emorypolisci.bsky.social colleagues last night! 161
Reposted by Matt BakerAmerican Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 21/03/2025From our new issue: "Gender, Race, and Interruptions at Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings" by Christina Boyd, Paul Collins, and Lori Ringhand. #APSRNewIssue www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 0103
Matt Baker @mebakerlaw.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Teaching freshmen about Zenger's Trial (among other things) and Andrew Hamilton's closing argument feels rather timely... constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...constitutioncenter.orgArgument in the Zenger Trial (1735)National Constitution Center Historic Documents Library record for Argument in the Zenger Trial (1735) 120
Reposted by Matt BakerSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 02/12/2024In today’s “One First,” I wrote about #SCOTUS’s 1866 decision in Ex parte Milligan—and the limits on martial law and military rule for which it still stands. (It’s also a good excuse to talk about the first “class photo” of the justices—from February 1867): www.stevevladeck.com/p/111-ex-par...stevevladeck.com111. Ex parte Milligan and the Limits of Martial LawAlthough it was later narrowed, the Supreme Court's 1866 repudiation of Civil War-era military commissions remains a bulwark against military authority wherever civilian courts are functioning 1719350