Teaching Students to Recognize Media Frames
This post is more about teaching than current political science research, but I think it
The Untold Story of How Conservatives Embraced the Bill of Rights and Incorporation
The new conservative majority of the Supreme Court has begun the second phase of its
Another skirmish in the abortion wars
Yesterday the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote, continued a stay on a highly restrictive
American Liberal Democracy in Historical Perspective
I started teaching a new course last week on American democracy and the individual. For
Law and defining identity
The family is a fascinating institution in US politics. While many Americans understand it as
Gun Rights as Glue? The Contested (and Uncontested) Legal Policy Terrain of the Conservative Legal Movement
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court reached down to the Second Circuit and agreed to hear
Deporting Veterans
The Trump Administration is deporting veterans. This isn’t as surprising as it might seem to be.
The Shadow of 1919
As 2019 gets underway, both my interest in political development and the project I am
Will the Army Corps of Engineers Build a Wall? It’s Not as Unprecedented as You May Think
The federal government has been largely shut down for almost three weeks as a result
The Racialized Fabric of Intellectual Movement Conservatism: Part I
It should be part of our conventional scholarly wisdom that racial conservatism is woven into