Jason Morín
@jasonlmorin.bsky.social
Political Science Professor @CSUN. Studies Latina/o politics, racial and ethnic politics, and immigration/detention. Likes to ride bikes.
Academic Bio: https://sites.google.com/view/jasonlmorinphd/home
Academic Bio: https://sites.google.com/view/jasonlmorinphd/home
I’m sorry but Reps effort to rig the rules of the game created unnecessary confusion and chaos for voters.
The lower court’s ruling to reset the map was the correct decision and ensured some semblance of order.
If you’re still not convinced. Just read the dissent. It’s off the wall bonkers.
The lower court’s ruling to reset the map was the correct decision and ensured some semblance of order.
If you’re still not convinced. Just read the dissent. It’s off the wall bonkers.
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas' 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race. n.pr/3K41REc
Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas' 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I’m sorry but Reps effort to rig the rules of the game created unnecessary confusion and chaos for voters.
The lower court’s ruling to reset the map was the correct decision and ensured some semblance of order.
If you’re still not convinced. Just read the dissent. It’s off the wall bonkers.
The lower court’s ruling to reset the map was the correct decision and ensured some semblance of order.
If you’re still not convinced. Just read the dissent. It’s off the wall bonkers.
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I was talking to a student about this during office hours! I told them their professors are outstanding in their field and they should take advantage of that and really learn from them. I think a lot of students at UAlbany don’t necessarily think about that.
Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I was talking to a student about this during office hours! I told them their professors are outstanding in their field and they should take advantage of that and really learn from them. I think a lot of students at UAlbany don’t necessarily think about that.
Michael Dawson’s Behind the Mule in full effect.
#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
News Flash - Racism can be very expensive.
Nazi Karen calls the police on the Boston Police Chief. Good for him for suing that racist. #DemsUnited
News Flash - Racism can be very expensive.
Nazi Karen calls the police on the Boston Police Chief. Good for him for suing that racist. #DemsUnited
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Michael Dawson’s Behind the Mule in full effect.
Incompetence from the top down.
DOD contractors “mistakenly” landed on a Mexican beach, declared it US property and planted “restricted area” DOD signs, triggering a tense confrontation with armed Mexican forces.
Mexico removed the signs, insisting the area is theirs.
Yet another example of total incompetence.
Mexico removed the signs, insisting the area is theirs.
Yet another example of total incompetence.
Pentagon Pete’s War Goons Accidentally Invade Mexico
U.S. “contractors” planted signs declaring that a Mexican beach was U.S. territory.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Incompetence from the top down.
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Quick read is this is good and novel for a popular piece. Distills a lot of political science into some new tests of new data. A reminder too that most "swing" voters aren't swinging ideologically, the way pundits talk about them. The have their headphones on jamming out to their own economic music.
Good morning. I've got a banger new post out today that develops a new method for placing voters on the left-right ideological spectrum, and adds a new, "non-ideological"/affordability axis to usual way we chart & think about US voters (esp swing voters). www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
Not just left vs right: Most voters think about affordability and material wellbeing, not in ideological terms
Most voters want a party that emphasizes cost of living issues and makes the world a better place. Few Americans think in solidly ideologically terms. "Moderates" are mostly non-ideological.
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Quick read is this is good and novel for a popular piece. Distills a lot of political science into some new tests of new data. A reminder too that most "swing" voters aren't swinging ideologically, the way pundits talk about them. The have their headphones on jamming out to their own economic music.
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Private prison company GEO Group allegedly paid immigration detainees $1/day for work in its facility. Now it’s arguing in court that can’t be sued for that because the facility is part of a government contract. bit.ly/4pfafj2
Supreme Court Considers Private Prison Case
A private prison company seeks a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability.
www.brennancenter.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Private prison company GEO Group allegedly paid immigration detainees $1/day for work in its facility. Now it’s arguing in court that can’t be sued for that because the facility is part of a government contract. bit.ly/4pfafj2
Score for the good guys: “substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map.”
Too bad it’s in Alito’s backyard.
Too bad it’s in Alito’s backyard.
Federal Court Blocks Texas’ Republican-Friendly Congressional Map
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Score for the good guys: “substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map.”
Too bad it’s in Alito’s backyard.
Too bad it’s in Alito’s backyard.
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The same cannot be said about salsa.
I would like to state that… restaurants should not try to make their version of ketchup. Heinz got that good good. Unless you got that recipe on lock? It’s just sad tomato soup.
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The same cannot be said about salsa.
Cool paper. @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social and team is doing some exciting work on the intersection of racial/American identities and partisanship.
New REPS Lab paper published today in the American Political Science Review
@repslab.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@repslab.bsky.social
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Partisans of Color: Asian American and Latino Party ID in an Era of Racialization and Polarization | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Partisans of Color: Asian American and Latino Party ID in an Era of Racialization and Polarization - Volume 119 Issue 4
www.cambridge.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Cool paper. @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social and team is doing some exciting work on the intersection of racial/American identities and partisanship.
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I 100% do not mind arguments that Dems need to moderate. It's a very uncertain question and there are plenty of qualitative insights to be discussed on all sides
I extremely do mind when elites think fake numbers are Science™
I extremely do mind when elites think fake numbers are Science™
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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And that penny will cost a pretty penny.
US mints its last penny | CNN
The last penny was minted on Wednesday in Philadelphia after 238 years of the coin. In February, President Donald Trump announced he instructed the Mint to stop making the coin, citing the cost of pro...
www.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
And that penny will cost a pretty penny.
@brennancenter.org amicus brief makes a compelling argument for the constitutionality of VRA section 2.
It also includes an excellent summary of section 2, the Gingles framework, & remedy. Plus there are case studies!
Highly recommend for course syllabi .
It also includes an excellent summary of section 2, the Gingles framework, & remedy. Plus there are case studies!
Highly recommend for course syllabi .
Louisiana v. Callais
The Brennan Center filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a Louisiana redistricting case where the Supreme Court has asked parties to address whether Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act continues to be c...
www.brennancenter.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
@brennancenter.org amicus brief makes a compelling argument for the constitutionality of VRA section 2.
It also includes an excellent summary of section 2, the Gingles framework, & remedy. Plus there are case studies!
Highly recommend for course syllabi .
It also includes an excellent summary of section 2, the Gingles framework, & remedy. Plus there are case studies!
Highly recommend for course syllabi .
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Bartels did a study 20+ years ago looking at how much a member of Congress' record coincided with their constituents' views, broken down by income. MCs are a lot more responsive to their wealthier constituents. Think about whom SNAP and flight delays affect. www.russellsage.org/sites/defaul...
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Bartels did a study 20+ years ago looking at how much a member of Congress' record coincided with their constituents' views, broken down by income. MCs are a lot more responsive to their wealthier constituents. Think about whom SNAP and flight delays affect. www.russellsage.org/sites/defaul...
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Invoking Lucy-tricks-Charlie symbolism does capture a decades-long pattern in bad faith negotiations by GOP.
Still, the metaphor has a limit.
The members of Congress caving are in the 100-person chamber DESIGNED with goals distinct from advancing what is best for the people.
Still, the metaphor has a limit.
The members of Congress caving are in the 100-person chamber DESIGNED with goals distinct from advancing what is best for the people.
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Invoking Lucy-tricks-Charlie symbolism does capture a decades-long pattern in bad faith negotiations by GOP.
Still, the metaphor has a limit.
The members of Congress caving are in the 100-person chamber DESIGNED with goals distinct from advancing what is best for the people.
Still, the metaphor has a limit.
The members of Congress caving are in the 100-person chamber DESIGNED with goals distinct from advancing what is best for the people.
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
The spread of detention economies under Trump 2.0.
'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants
The Trump administration is exploring a plan to buy warehouses designed for companies like Amazon, sources said, which would drastically increase the Trump administration’s capacity for detaining immi...
www.nbcnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The spread of detention economies under Trump 2.0.
Perusing @thecheechcenter.bsky.social for new exhibits. Judithe Hernández’s work is absolutely amazing.
Traveling Exhibitions
Judithe Hernández / Beyond Myself, Somewhere, I Wait for My Arrival Judithe Hernández / Beyond Myself, Somewhere, I Wait for My Arrival is the first major retrospective of this pioneering artist’s […]
riversideartmuseum.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Perusing @thecheechcenter.bsky.social for new exhibits. Judithe Hernández’s work is absolutely amazing.
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This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
This is not a “Homer Gets a Tax Cut situation.” Folks in NY are in the know and they liked Mamdani’s policy driven campaign.
For reference:
For reference:
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This is not a “Homer Gets a Tax Cut situation.” Folks in NY are in the know and they liked Mamdani’s policy driven campaign.
For reference:
For reference:
Very impressed by @nealkatyal.bsky.social who is absolutely bringing the 🔥. Is he the Yamamoto of SCOTUS lawyers right now? #notariffs #nounitaryexecutive #nokings
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Very impressed by @nealkatyal.bsky.social who is absolutely bringing the 🔥. Is he the Yamamoto of SCOTUS lawyers right now? #notariffs #nounitaryexecutive #nokings
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Probably a good time to promote this: goodauthority.org/news/its-202...
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Probably a good time to promote this: goodauthority.org/news/its-202...
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This seems huge, and deserves more attention.
SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.
Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.
Feds fail us, states step up.
SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.
Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.
Feds fail us, states step up.
The Illinois legislature had passed the “Illinois Bivens Act,” allowing people to sue ICE agents in state court. Just waiting for Pritzker’s signature.
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This seems huge, and deserves more attention.
SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.
Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.
Feds fail us, states step up.
SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.
Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.
Feds fail us, states step up.
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More broadly, heavily-Latino counties moved far to the right in NJ last year, and back to the left this year:
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
More broadly, heavily-Latino counties moved far to the right in NJ last year, and back to the left this year:
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The political appointees running Texas A&M are treating the university like a local police department. Make big payouts for obviously dumb decisions, where someone else will pick up the tab.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/04/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/04/t...
Texas A&M paid former president Mark Welsh $3.5 million
Welsh had pushed for a full payout of the remainder of his contract, something that appears to have been a source of tension between Welsh and top administrators, records show.
www.texastribune.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The political appointees running Texas A&M are treating the university like a local police department. Make big payouts for obviously dumb decisions, where someone else will pick up the tab.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/04/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/04/t...