Assistant Professor of Government, @smithcollege. US and comparative constitutionalism, judicial politics, and party politics. He/Him 🏳️🌈
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Some professional news: after 8 years in Texas, I’m heading back east. Starting in July, I’ll be an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at @smithcollege! I’m going to miss my community here in Houston, but I’m very excited for this new adventure!
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Hey everyone, I wrote a book! Big thanks to my fabulous co-authors @JoeFCozza and Dave Armstrong!
You can preorder your copy here a.co/d/01dpdmPv
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Thrilled to announce my 🆕 book, The Social Foundations of Constitutional Innovation, w/ @JoeFCozza & Dave Armstrong, is out in @CUP_Elements Series in Comparative Political Behavior.
Read it free until 8/3/26: cup.org/44E5RSy
Preorder: bit.ly/4faMlTG 🧵1/12
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New Cambridge Element, The Social Foundations of Constitutional Innovation by William D. Blake, Joseph Francesco Cozza and Dave A. Armstrong II, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at
cup.org/3ROv5dU
#cambridgeelements #politics
My Cambridge Element, co-authored with @ProfWBlake and Dave Armstrong, is now available online! The book examines how social capital helps elites, social movements, and citizens solve the collective action problems associated with constitutional reform. cambridge.org/core/elements/…
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court holds that the Fourteenth Amendment protects birthright citizenship, blocking Donald Trump's executive order to end it.
Roberts has the opinion for the court, which is 5-4 on the constitutional question and 6-3 on whether federal law protects birthright citizenship.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court, 6-3, overrules Humphrey's Executor, giving the president broad firing powers over the leadership of federal agencies and limiting Congress's power to limit presidential firings. In a 5-4 decision, however, the court said the Federal Reserve is likely different.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court rejects Trump’s push to toss $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case
SCOTUS overrules Humphrey's Executor
The final opinions for today are in Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook. In Slaughter, the court holds that the FTC’s for-cause removal provision is contrary to the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution and overrules Humphrey's Executor.
supremecourt.gov/opinions/25…
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BREAKING: States are allowed to count ballots mailed by Election Day but received after Election Day, Supreme Court rules. Barrett has the 5-4 opinion for the court, holding that federal law does NOT preempt the state laws. supremecourt.gov/opinions/25…
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 24–1260 MICHAEL WATSON, MISSISSIPPI SECRETARY OF STATE, PETITIONER v. REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, ET AL. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT [June 29, 2026] JUSTICE BARRETT delivered the opinion of the Court. Three federal statutes set the day for the election of Representatives, Senators, and the President. A Mississippi law permits the counting of absentee ballots postmarked by election day but received up to five days later. We must decide whether the federal election-day statutes preempt Mississippi’s law. They do not.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HL_JSUtXYAEZPN9.png?name=orig)
ALT SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 24–1260 MICHAEL WATSON, MISSISSIPPI SECRETARY OF STATE, PETITIONER v. REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, ET AL. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT [June 29, 2026] JUSTICE BARRETT delivered the opinion of the Court. Three federal statutes set the day for the election of Representatives, Senators, and the President. A Mississippi law permits the counting of absentee ballots postmarked by election day but received up to five days later. We must decide whether the federal election-day statutes preempt Mississippi’s law. They do not.
I picked a hell of a decade to study party leadership changes in the UK, huh
BREAKING: U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he will resign, clearing the path for the country’s seventh leader in a decade. nbcnews.com/world/united-kin…
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BREAKING: Sir Keir Starmer resigns as Prime Minister.
“The question my party is asking now is whether I am best placed to lead us into the next general election. I have heard the answer of my parliamentary party to that question - and I accept that answer with good grace.”
This is heartbreaking. Ran was a member of my dissertation committee and his work was a huge inspiration. His feedback no doubt made my work stronger and made me a better scholar. He was a brilliant, transformative, and generous scholar and mentor who will be sorely missed 💔
🙏🏽 We have lost Ran Hirschl, a great person, scholar, and teacher. He passed away earlier this week on Tuesday, May 19. My condolences to his partner and wife, Ayelet Shachar, and to their son, Shai.
📝 The University of Toronto has published this announcement: politics.utoronto.ca/news/me….
🕊️ May Ran rest in peace.
First year in the books! Lots to reflect on, but one thing is clear: Smith is a very special place. Happy Commencement, Smithies!
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The Supreme Court finds that a group of African American voters failed to prove that an earlier Louisiana map, containing just one majority-Black district, violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and that, as a result, "no compelling interest" justified the intentional consideration of race in drawing a second.
Alito said the Constitution "almost never permits" discrimination on the basis of race.
BREAKING: Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana's congressional map that created a second majority-Black district, calling it an "unconstitutional racial gerrymander."
The ruling is 6-3, with the liberals in dissent. Justice Alito writes the opinion, which brings an end to so-called "opportunity districts" drawn to boost minority representation under the Voting Rights Act.