Larry Evans
@govwatch.bsky.social
Government professor at William & Mary
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"A tour de force-a strikingly original and ambitious account of the partisan evolution of the U.S."
Steering the Senate: The Emergence of Party Organization and Leadership, 1789–2024 by Gerald Gamm & @profstevensmith.bsky.social | Out Now
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Steering the Senate: The Emergence of Party Organization and Leadership, 1789–2024 by Gerald Gamm & @profstevensmith.bsky.social | Out Now
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September 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"A tour de force-a strikingly original and ambitious account of the partisan evolution of the U.S."
Steering the Senate: The Emergence of Party Organization and Leadership, 1789–2024 by Gerald Gamm & @profstevensmith.bsky.social | Out Now
#BookSky #PoliSci 🗺️ 🗃️
https://cup.org/3VARhGK
Steering the Senate: The Emergence of Party Organization and Leadership, 1789–2024 by Gerald Gamm & @profstevensmith.bsky.social | Out Now
#BookSky #PoliSci 🗺️ 🗃️
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Remarkable stats from @ronbrownstein.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
September 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Remarkable stats from @ronbrownstein.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
William & Mary is conducting a search for a tenure track assistant professor in comparative politics, with a focus on Europe. Deadline for applications is early October, although there's some flexibility. Reposts appreciated. williammary.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WM/det... .
Assistant Professor of Government (The Politics of Europe)
Job Requisition: JR100780 Assistant Professor of Government (The Politics of Europe) (Open) Job Posting Title: Assistant Professor of Government (The Politics of Europe) Job Family: Faculty - Tenure T...
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September 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
William & Mary is conducting a search for a tenure track assistant professor in comparative politics, with a focus on Europe. Deadline for applications is early October, although there's some flexibility. Reposts appreciated. williammary.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WM/det... .
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STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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This is one of the best tributes to Justice Souter I've read, in part because it quotes at length from Justice Souter's own account of the processes of judging.
After recapping lots of #SCOTUS news, today's "One FIrst" takes a deeper look at the legacy of Justice David Souter.
He didn't especially like Washington or notoriety, but he took the job of judging (if not himself) extremely seriously.
More Souters, please:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/149-david-...
He didn't especially like Washington or notoriety, but he took the job of judging (if not himself) extremely seriously.
More Souters, please:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/149-david-...
149. David Hackett Souter (1939–2025)
Some reflections on a justice who hated Washington; hated being the center of attention; had an outsized effect on future Supreme Court nominations; and took his job as a judge incredibly seriously.
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May 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is one of the best tributes to Justice Souter I've read, in part because it quotes at length from Justice Souter's own account of the processes of judging.
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On the Librarian: Pub. L. 114–86, §2, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 675
(a) The President shall appoint the Librarian of Congress, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(b) The Librarian of Congress shall be appointed for a term of 10 years.
Now Congress should go to court.
(a) The President shall appoint the Librarian of Congress, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(b) The Librarian of Congress shall be appointed for a term of 10 years.
Now Congress should go to court.
May 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
On the Librarian: Pub. L. 114–86, §2, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 675
(a) The President shall appoint the Librarian of Congress, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(b) The Librarian of Congress shall be appointed for a term of 10 years.
Now Congress should go to court.
(a) The President shall appoint the Librarian of Congress, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(b) The Librarian of Congress shall be appointed for a term of 10 years.
Now Congress should go to court.
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From our new issue: "Senate Countermajoritarianism" by C. Lawrence Evans. #APSRNewIssue www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
May 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
From our new issue: "Senate Countermajoritarianism" by C. Lawrence Evans. #APSRNewIssue www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The use of evidence-based language in congressional speeches has been declining since the mid-1970s for both parties
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Computational analysis of US congressional speeches reveals a shift from evidence to intuition - Nature Human Behaviour
This research explores the linguistic traces of evidence-based reasoning and intuitive decision-making in congressional speeches from 1879 to 2022. The analysis suggests that evidence-based language h...
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May 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The use of evidence-based language in congressional speeches has been declining since the mid-1970s for both parties
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Thank you for this plug, Matt! 🙏
April 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Thank you for this plug, Matt! 🙏
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My thoughts on the IAF and ADF cases. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...
Can the President Appoint Principal Officers without the Senate?
Trump claims he can fire officers not picked by the president and hire acting leaders for Senate-confirmed roles outside the Vacancies Act.
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April 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
My thoughts on the IAF and ADF cases. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...
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Tomorrow there will be a summit in London where Starmer, Macron, and Zelenskyy will have to face the reality that flattery and deals will not get Ukraine security guarantees. This piece for @goodauth.bsky.social explains why it was worth a try, but likely doomed. goodauthority.org/news/trump-a...
March 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Tomorrow there will be a summit in London where Starmer, Macron, and Zelenskyy will have to face the reality that flattery and deals will not get Ukraine security guarantees. This piece for @goodauth.bsky.social explains why it was worth a try, but likely doomed. goodauthority.org/news/trump-a...
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Variation in poverty by cong. districts-- between and within parties. Swing district GOP wary of slashing Medicaid/SNAP, but poverty rates are higher in GOP-held safe red districts. Still, poverty rates vary markedly across the 20 most competitive GOP-held districts-- from <4% to >15% of families
February 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Variation in poverty by cong. districts-- between and within parties. Swing district GOP wary of slashing Medicaid/SNAP, but poverty rates are higher in GOP-held safe red districts. Still, poverty rates vary markedly across the 20 most competitive GOP-held districts-- from <4% to >15% of families
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Brilliant but devastating editorial in the Financial Times.
“In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”
“In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”
February 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Brilliant but devastating editorial in the Financial Times.
“In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”
“In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”
Surprising how well Harris support within a House district predicts the percent of the vote for the Democratic House candidate within that district. Much tighter fit around the 45 degree line than was the case a decade or more ago.
February 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Surprising how well Harris support within a House district predicts the percent of the vote for the Democratic House candidate within that district. Much tighter fit around the 45 degree line than was the case a decade or more ago.
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Grateful for the opportunity to contribute a chapter on "Congress, the President, and the Constitutional Order" to the 13th edition of 'Congress Reconsidered.'
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February 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Grateful for the opportunity to contribute a chapter on "Congress, the President, and the Constitutional Order" to the 13th edition of 'Congress Reconsidered.'
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New paper with Ryan Mundy on the advantage of *candidate* wealth in US elections. Our rich Congress comes from rich candidates: they raise far more early money and especially more large-dollar donations, scare off competitors, and are more likely to be elected. Link below. @ryanmundy.bsky.social
January 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New paper with Ryan Mundy on the advantage of *candidate* wealth in US elections. Our rich Congress comes from rich candidates: they raise far more early money and especially more large-dollar donations, scare off competitors, and are more likely to be elected. Link below. @ryanmundy.bsky.social
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Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith have started a new free substack called Executive Functions, "devoted to coverage of presidential and broader executive power issues." executivefunctions.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to Executive Functions
Today we begin this (free) Substack newsletter, Executive Functions, devoted to coverage of presidential and broader executive power issues.
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December 18, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith have started a new free substack called Executive Functions, "devoted to coverage of presidential and broader executive power issues." executivefunctions.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
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Published earlier this year on APSR First View: "Senate Countermajoritarianism" by C. Lawrence Evans @govwatch.bsky.social. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/senate-countermajoritarianism/4636218A359407B4E9ED9E42A7AF65AA
December 10, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Published earlier this year on APSR First View: "Senate Countermajoritarianism" by C. Lawrence Evans @govwatch.bsky.social. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/senate-countermajoritarianism/4636218A359407B4E9ED9E42A7AF65AA
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Senate Countermajoritarianism by Larry Evan’s is excellent work.
Maybe Senate Democrats should read it today and get rid of the legislative filibuster tomorrow.
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Maybe Senate Democrats should read it today and get rid of the legislative filibuster tomorrow.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Senate Countermajoritarianism | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Senate Countermajoritarianism
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May 31, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Senate Countermajoritarianism by Larry Evan’s is excellent work.
Maybe Senate Democrats should read it today and get rid of the legislative filibuster tomorrow.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Maybe Senate Democrats should read it today and get rid of the legislative filibuster tomorrow.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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How does the media report on Senate procedure, and how does this reporting affect public opinion? I look at these two questions in a new piece in PRQ 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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November 22, 2024 at 3:18 PM
How does the media report on Senate procedure, and how does this reporting affect public opinion? I look at these two questions in a new piece in PRQ 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...