Jonathan M. King
jonathanmking.bsky.social
Jonathan M. King
@jonathanmking.bsky.social
Asst Prof of Political Science at the University of Georgia (past: WVU) | U.S federal courts, rules, process, separation of powers | Alum of UW-Madison and Michigan State | Lover of Wisconsin sports teams and Chelsea FC

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New article out in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social with @jonathanmking.bsky.social and @kstauffer.bsky.social!

We look at harassers' decisions to employ female attorneys to fortify their arguments. Fun fact: people do not respond positively to these strategic moves.

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“You Reached Out to Me to Help”: Female Attorneys, Anti-Feminist Causes, and Their Effects on Symbolic Representation | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
“You Reached Out to Me to Help”: Female Attorneys, Anti-Feminist Causes, and Their Effects on Symbolic Representation
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November 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Check out this cool new work!

As senators work through hundreds of nominees/Congress (in addition to all their other work), we argue nominees FedSoc affiliation serves as an important cue for senators when voting on judicial nominees.
#OpenAccess from the Journal of Law and Courts -

The Influence of Federalist Society Affiliation on Senator Voting in Federal Judicial Nominations - cup.org/4meYp7l

- ‪@christinecbird.bsky.social, @jonathanmking.bsky.social & Zachary A. McGee

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August 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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#OpenAccess from the Journal of Law and Courts -

The Influence of Federalist Society Affiliation on Senator Voting in Federal Judicial Nominations - cup.org/4meYp7l

- ‪@christinecbird.bsky.social, @jonathanmking.bsky.social & Zachary A. McGee

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August 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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We are hiring! UGA Political Science is looking for an Assistant Professor in American Politics (any subfield).

Ad is here:
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/443...

Deadline is 9/15.

I just got here BUT I already got to meet Hairy Dawg at orientation, so I can confirm it's a great place to work!
Assistant Professor
The Department of Political Science in the UGA School of Public and International Affairs seeks a new faculty colleague in American government/politics at the Assistant Professor level. We welcome can...
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August 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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New publication alert! @elizabethlane.bsky.social and I examine how the institutional interests of the Office of the Solicitor General shape its positions and the justices' reactions to them 1/3 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Mixed Signals? Rethinking How Ideology and Institutional Motivations Shape the Solicitor General’s Positions - Kirsten Widner, Elizabeth A. Lane, 2025
The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) wins more cases before the US Supreme Court than any other party. Recent scholarship shows that justices are most like...
journals.sagepub.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Some professional news:

I'm incredibly excited to announce that I will be joining the University of Georgia Dept of Political Science in Fall 2025.

I will miss my colleagues and students at WVU but am looking forward to joining an amazing department in Athens!
April 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Newly accepted at American Politics Research (w/ the twitterless Ian Ostrander)!

Like judicial confirmations?
Like Senate rules change?
Want to know how the 2013 nuclear option changed judicial nominations?

Then do I have the paper for you!
April 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
My toddler's book on the Supreme Court inadvertently explaining the current political situation (looking at you Article I)
February 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Notice announcing that effective THIS MONDAY, all existing and new NIH awards will be capped at 15% indirects: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Most universities currently have indirect rates that are over 50%....so this will decimate research universities' budgets #WomenInSTEM #DataScience #PoliSky
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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wow NIJ announces they've cancelled all current RFPs
January 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Out today online! I analyze the effect radical right parties have had on voter turnout in Europe. While some have argued the radical right can mobilize voters, I find radical right parties contesting an election -> decrease in trust -> lower voter turnout. t.co/mCC6YdZDmE
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17457289.2024.2433975
t.co
December 3, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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Happy @apsrjournal.bsky.social publication day for our very timely piece "How the Trump Administration’s Quota Policy Transformed Immigration Judging" (w/ @enblasingame.bsky.social,
@robertocarlos.bsky.social, @joeornstein.bsky.social). Open access here: doi.org/10.1017/S000...

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How the Trump Administration’s Quota Policy Transformed Immigration Judging | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
How the Trump Administration’s Quota Policy Transformed Immigration Judging - Volume 118 Issue 4
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November 18, 2024 at 4:22 PM