Assistant Prof of Political Science @SusquehannaU, judicial decision-making, separation of powers, agenda-setting @SCOTUS, new mom to a tiny human + 🐶 🐶 mom
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Alison Merrill, PhD retweeted
Driscoll , Krehbiel, and I have been polling with @YouGov
about Americans' support for defying the judiciary since the start of Covid. Overall story has been stasis.
But, since July, a 12% increase among Dems in support for presidents obeying courts and a 17% drop among Rs.
Alison Merrill, PhD retweeted
Check out @KirstenWidner and I’s new OPEN ACCESS book!! Hot off the (digital) presses, it takes a look at the effect of Trump justices on litigant and amicus behavior 👇
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Alison Merrill, PhD retweeted
My article "The Role of Judge Gender And Ideology in Hiring The Role of Judge Gender and Ideology in Hiring Female Law Clerks," co-authored with @BaileyKSanders and @k_stauffer, is now online at @JLawAndCourts.
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Alison Merrill, PhD retweeted
I'm happy to announce that the Supreme Court Database is now at Penn State. The database is an important resource for research, teaching, and reporting on the Court. Check out the website (which draws visual inspiration from the Court's architecture): scdb.la.psu.edu/
Alison Merrill, PhD retweeted
Research Handbook on Judicial Politics edited by @mpfix1 & @Stangmeister
Contributors incl @rasurri @obakiner @mjnelson7 @KatePuddister @marcyshieh @JenniferBowie9 @GbemendeJ @ellenmkey @ProfLeonard_ISU
Out now e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/978103…
🆓 Read Chapter 1 doi.org/10.4337/978103530932…
ALT This timely Research Handbook offers a comprehensive examination of judicial politics, both in the US and across the globe. Taking a broad view of the judiciary in all levels of the court, it examines the present state of the field and raises new questions for future scholarly exploration.
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New paper alert!
A lot of talk has focused on how Trump reshaped the federal judiciary. How has he done this and how does he compare to his predecessors?
With the Twitterless Ian Ostrander and Peter McAndrew, we provide a nice little walkthrough of
Alison Merrill, PhD retweeted
this is me
This week our featured graduate student on the job market is Ph.D. Candidate Marcy Shieh! Marcy studies American politics with a concentration in judicial politics. You can find all of our job market candidates on our website: polisci.wisc.edu/job-market-…
Alison Merrill, PhD retweeted
And also on Thursday from 2 to 3:30, @AlisonHMerrill, @DrElizabethLane, and @jessica_ann87 present on the role attorneys play in SCOTUS decision making.
Alison Merrill, PhD retweeted
🚨🚨🚨Wondering how we got here? Zac McGee and I tell part of the story in our new article "Going Nuclear: Federalist Society Affiliated Judicial Nominee's Prospects and a New Era of Confirmation Politics" journals.sagepub.com/eprint/…
Alison Merrill, PhD retweeted
📣 We're thrilled to announce the Call for proposals is now open! 🎉
⏰ Proposals due 1/20/22
💸 Funding provided by NSF Law & Science division
ℹ️ More info here: bit.ly/lcworkshop22 and here bit.ly/lccultivateworkshop
📝 Apply! bit.ly/lcworkshopapply
ALT Cultivating Networks and Innovating Scholarship in Law & Courts
Alison Merrill, PhD retweeted
How the Supreme Court Shapes (and is Shaped by) its Public Support
New #ScienceOfPolitics podcast/transcript with @AlisonHMerrill & @mjnelson7
We discuss when & how the public constrains & reacts to the Court & what they learned from Roberts this term
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Alison Merrill, PhD retweeted
Looking forward to making new connections at the 2018 American Political Science Association (APSA) conference! I am officially on the job market, and ready to speak with anyone who might be interested in my research in the field of comparative politics: thiagosilvaphd.com.
Alison Merrill, PhD retweeted
Quan Li just published a new textbook on using R for data analysis in social sciences at Oxford University Press:
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Alison Merrill, PhD retweeted
Grad students, join us for the 2018 @EITM_Institute. Emphasis: research designs to advance science, society, quality of life. Feat. Titiunik, Gailmard, @jwpatty, Penn, klasnja, mebane, ritter, @arthur_spirling, demarchi, Elman, Kapiszewski, alan jacobs. eitm2018.org/application
Alison Merrill, PhD retweeted
EPSA is pleased to announce the incoming Editor-in-Chief of PSRM, @PKellstedt of Texas A&M, who starts his 5-year tenure in June 2018!
