Lori Cox Han, PhD
@lchphd.bsky.social
Political scientist, presidency scholar, Doy B. Henley Chair of American Presidential Studies, Chapman University. I care about democracy, equality, LGBTQ rights, mental health awareness, finding a cure for T1 diabetes, & baseball. Lifelong SF Giants fan.
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I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.
Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...
Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...
I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You?
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.
Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...
Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...
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I have come to the conclusion very few people actually understand the First Amendment in a serious way.
September 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I have come to the conclusion very few people actually understand the First Amendment in a serious way.
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Not every day you meet the iconic comedian behind the world's most famous joke
July 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Not every day you meet the iconic comedian behind the world's most famous joke
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First, SCOTUS issued a sweeping grant of immunity to a president who committed unprecedented crimes in office
Now they have prevented courts from stopping this administration's open and routine violations of the law
Democracy and the rule of law are on the line
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Now they have prevented courts from stopping this administration's open and routine violations of the law
Democracy and the rule of law are on the line
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
First, SCOTUS issued a sweeping grant of immunity to a president who committed unprecedented crimes in office
Now they have prevented courts from stopping this administration's open and routine violations of the law
Democracy and the rule of law are on the line
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Now they have prevented courts from stopping this administration's open and routine violations of the law
Democracy and the rule of law are on the line
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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This is not hard. Every Republican member of Congress should join Democrats in condemning this administration’s vicious arrest of Sen Padilla. “A Republic if you can keep it” is now.
June 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is not hard. Every Republican member of Congress should join Democrats in condemning this administration’s vicious arrest of Sen Padilla. “A Republic if you can keep it” is now.
Commentary: Forget tariffs — GOP proposals on student loans will crack the economy
June 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Commentary: Forget tariffs — GOP proposals on student loans will crack the economy
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HAPPY PRIDE MONTH 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Hey NY Times--
It is still a "fringe theory" -- every court has rejected it.
There is still a "broad consensus" -- John Eastman is a disgraced lawyer under indictment.
The only thing that has changed is the Times.
It is still a "fringe theory" -- every court has rejected it.
There is still a "broad consensus" -- John Eastman is a disgraced lawyer under indictment.
The only thing that has changed is the Times.
May 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Hey NY Times--
It is still a "fringe theory" -- every court has rejected it.
There is still a "broad consensus" -- John Eastman is a disgraced lawyer under indictment.
The only thing that has changed is the Times.
It is still a "fringe theory" -- every court has rejected it.
There is still a "broad consensus" -- John Eastman is a disgraced lawyer under indictment.
The only thing that has changed is the Times.
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SoCal folks, this is your final reminder that I will be speaking at Chapman University tomorrow at 4pm if that is something that interests you! I do lots of Q&A so bring your talky hat
April 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
SoCal folks, this is your final reminder that I will be speaking at Chapman University tomorrow at 4pm if that is something that interests you! I do lots of Q&A so bring your talky hat
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This is a particularly bad day for MLB TV to have an outage.
March 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is a particularly bad day for MLB TV to have an outage.
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Again, today would be an excellent day for Ivy League, Big Ten, & all the other chancellors & university presidents to start speaking loudly & collectively against the all-out existential crisis that this assault on US higher ed represents. The silence is deafening.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
They are coming for every university, if you think you’re safe because it hasn’t been yours yet I don’t know what to tell you. Join AAUP, refuse to comply, organize your colleagues
Trump administration freezes $175 million in federal funding to Penn
According to a White House tweet, Wednesday's decision is a result of Penn's
www.thedp.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Again, today would be an excellent day for Ivy League, Big Ten, & all the other chancellors & university presidents to start speaking loudly & collectively against the all-out existential crisis that this assault on US higher ed represents. The silence is deafening.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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I've been thinking a lot about that bumper sticker which says "everything looks like a conspiracy theory when you don't understand how anything works" and folks it's pretty obvious to me that the people in power right now have absolutely no desire to understand how anything works.
March 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I've been thinking a lot about that bumper sticker which says "everything looks like a conspiracy theory when you don't understand how anything works" and folks it's pretty obvious to me that the people in power right now have absolutely no desire to understand how anything works.
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Donald Trump stood in front of Congress tonight and reinforced what we already knew: He’s a corrupt megalomaniac lunatic who is running our country to the ground. These are not normal times. Everything is not fine. We are in crisis.
March 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Donald Trump stood in front of Congress tonight and reinforced what we already knew: He’s a corrupt megalomaniac lunatic who is running our country to the ground. These are not normal times. Everything is not fine. We are in crisis.
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Over 650 political scientists who have dedicated our lives to the study of democracy & government, have signed this letter enumerating our deep concerns about this administration’s actions that undermine the Constitution and the rule of law. Please share.
urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...
urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...
Political science statement.pdf
urldefense.proofpoint.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Over 650 political scientists who have dedicated our lives to the study of democracy & government, have signed this letter enumerating our deep concerns about this administration’s actions that undermine the Constitution and the rule of law. Please share.
urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...
urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...
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I love all my friends saying things like, “I wish I could make a career off being petty and making diss tracks” after the halftime show, and I’m out here like, “Have you considered academia?”
February 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I love all my friends saying things like, “I wish I could make a career off being petty and making diss tracks” after the halftime show, and I’m out here like, “Have you considered academia?”
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While university presidents are huddling w/ teams of communications consultants and lawyers, carefully crafting statements to respond to the attack on science, the Trump administration is making massive, rapid-fire moves. An asymmetrical battlefield, where consequences only flow one way.
February 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
While university presidents are huddling w/ teams of communications consultants and lawyers, carefully crafting statements to respond to the attack on science, the Trump administration is making massive, rapid-fire moves. An asymmetrical battlefield, where consequences only flow one way.
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The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.
Personal Discretion Over the Treasury's Payments System Means the End of Democracy
If the Court and federal workers fail to stop Elon Musk, we are heading for authoritarianism.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.
This.
This is why every political scientist you know has been in a state of panic for the past week. This isn't about policy disagreement, it's about the Constitution being destroyed before our very eyes.
My depressing thought for the day: it seems increasingly inevitable that quite soon, Trump decides to simply disregard a court finding that some of his actions are illegal or unconstitutional. Impeachment is attempted & fails thanks to loyal Republicans. At which point there are no good options.
February 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This.
How the f**k do you update a presidency textbook in the middle of all this? Asking for a friend…
February 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
How the f**k do you update a presidency textbook in the middle of all this? Asking for a friend…
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If Congress had a constitutional spine, Donald Trump would face strong charges of impeachable abuses of power. As matters stand today, that check on executive power has been temporarily rendered impotent.
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
High crimes and misdemeanors redux
Less than two weeks into his new administration, and Mr. Trump is not testing the limits of presidential powers, he is abusing them.
open.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
If Congress had a constitutional spine, Donald Trump would face strong charges of impeachable abuses of power. As matters stand today, that check on executive power has been temporarily rendered impotent.
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
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We can’t let a mega rich dude shut down the main foreign aid program created and funded by Congress just because he doesn’t like it and has our president by the balls
www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.foreign.senate.gov
February 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
We can’t let a mega rich dude shut down the main foreign aid program created and funded by Congress just because he doesn’t like it and has our president by the balls
www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
Couldn’t agree more. So many things are a 5-alarm fire right now. The word “unconstitutional” doesn’t even begin to cover what has happened in the last two weeks.
This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Couldn’t agree more. So many things are a 5-alarm fire right now. The word “unconstitutional” doesn’t even begin to cover what has happened in the last two weeks.