Connor Ewing
@cmewing.bsky.social
Visiting Fellow, Princeton | Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto | American Political Thought & Constitutional Development
* the promise of a vote in a single chamber the result of which we already know
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
* the promise of a vote in a single chamber the result of which we already know
Remarkable that these pardons were announced the same day that a federal judge published this piece.
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Remarkable that these pardons were announced the same day that a federal judge published this piece.
There are 280M Americans in households making less than $200k. ~80% of those are adults. It would cost $450 billion to give each of them a $2,000 check.
Treasury claims it's collected $200B in 2025.
Treasury claims it's collected $200B in 2025.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
There are 280M Americans in households making less than $200k. ~80% of those are adults. It would cost $450 billion to give each of them a $2,000 check.
Treasury claims it's collected $200B in 2025.
Treasury claims it's collected $200B in 2025.
🎉🥳 Coming soon, with @trivesbell.bsky.social.
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
🎉🥳 Coming soon, with @trivesbell.bsky.social.
Sometimes it helps to take a step (or two) back and get a sense of the big picture.
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sometimes it helps to take a step (or two) back and get a sense of the big picture.
MAGA: Make Ackman Go Away
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
MAGA: Make Ackman Go Away
New nickname for Rhode Island just dropped.
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New nickname for Rhode Island just dropped.
Presidents should be able to at least identify the people they've pardoned.
November 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Presidents should be able to at least identify the people they've pardoned.
Looking forward to turning the clocks back tonight! #WANTITALL
November 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Looking forward to turning the clocks back tonight! #WANTITALL
It's worse than that: They did cite the 12th Amendment. And then dismissed it with this:
October 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It's worse than that: They did cite the 12th Amendment. And then dismissed it with this:
At least we got them to do the reading?
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
At least we got them to do the reading?
Great piece in the new American Political Thought, probing the relationship between Publius and Wilson and elaborating The Federalist's dynamic account of institutional development.
October 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Great piece in the new American Political Thought, probing the relationship between Publius and Wilson and elaborating The Federalist's dynamic account of institutional development.
Kudos to the author for resisting the urge to say, "Frederick Douglass is an example of somebody who's done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice."
October 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Kudos to the author for resisting the urge to say, "Frederick Douglass is an example of somebody who's done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice."
Most people agree that grade inflation is a problem. The challenge is how best to reverse and combat it. I have ideas of my own, but I’d be very interested to hear what others think.
October 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Most people agree that grade inflation is a problem. The challenge is how best to reverse and combat it. I have ideas of my own, but I’d be very interested to hear what others think.
The APSA 2026 call for abstracts is now live! Very excited to be co-chairing the American Political Thought section with
@cbambrick.bsky.social. Send us your work! Feel free to reach out with any questions or for help coordinating a panel, roundtable, or author meets critics.
@cbambrick.bsky.social. Send us your work! Feel free to reach out with any questions or for help coordinating a panel, roundtable, or author meets critics.
October 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The APSA 2026 call for abstracts is now live! Very excited to be co-chairing the American Political Thought section with
@cbambrick.bsky.social. Send us your work! Feel free to reach out with any questions or for help coordinating a panel, roundtable, or author meets critics.
@cbambrick.bsky.social. Send us your work! Feel free to reach out with any questions or for help coordinating a panel, roundtable, or author meets critics.
I don’t think the military should be privately financed on an ad hoc basis.
October 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I don’t think the military should be privately financed on an ad hoc basis.
Alexander Hamilton: no fan of the unitary executive theory. (From the NY ratifying convention.)
October 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Alexander Hamilton: no fan of the unitary executive theory. (From the NY ratifying convention.)
Friendly reminder that one of the three triggers for the Insurrection Act is if “the President considers” it “impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any State by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings.”
October 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Friendly reminder that one of the three triggers for the Insurrection Act is if “the President considers” it “impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any State by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings.”
Hard to imagine that these two data points aren't connected.
October 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Hard to imagine that these two data points aren't connected.