Matt Martin
@mattjmartin.com
Postdoctoral researcher at the Comparative Constitutions Project. PhD, UT Austin Government Dept. Mutual aid. Former immigration paralegal. Lofi producer.
Website: https://mattjmartin.com
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Matt Martin
@mattjmartin.com
· Jan 10
Elite Fractures, Public Capture: The Strategic Use of Public Consultation in Global Constitution-Making | Journal of Law and Courts | Cambridge Core
Elite Fractures, Public Capture: The Strategic Use of Public Consultation in Global Constitution-Making
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🚨 New research alert 🚨 The first article from my dissertation is here: "Elite Fractures, Public Capture: The Strategic Use of Public Consultation in Global Constitution-Making" has been published in the Journal of Law and Courts! Open access link: doi.org/10.1017/jlc....
Katie Wilson, Seattle's progressive challenger to incumbent mayor Bruce Harrell, has now pulled ahead by less than 100 votes after the most recent ballot count
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Katie Wilson, Seattle's progressive challenger to incumbent mayor Bruce Harrell, has now pulled ahead by less than 100 votes after the most recent ballot count
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Chait, 2021: Eric Adams's victory has a lot to tell us about what's electorally viable.
Chait, 2025: Zohran Mamdani's victory has nothing to tell us about what's electorally viable.
Chait, 2025: Zohran Mamdani's victory has nothing to tell us about what's electorally viable.
November 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Chait, 2021: Eric Adams's victory has a lot to tell us about what's electorally viable.
Chait, 2025: Zohran Mamdani's victory has nothing to tell us about what's electorally viable.
Chait, 2025: Zohran Mamdani's victory has nothing to tell us about what's electorally viable.
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It will be interesting to see if he can maintain this high-energy, extremely-online transparency while actually governing. It would be fascinating to see someone actually use this style of media to bring people in to gov't itself, to make them feel involved in administration.
November 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It will be interesting to see if he can maintain this high-energy, extremely-online transparency while actually governing. It would be fascinating to see someone actually use this style of media to bring people in to gov't itself, to make them feel involved in administration.
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The ADL has decided to treat fascists as allies and progressives as enemies. For a group that is tasked with protecting American Jews, that is a world historic fuck up.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The ADL has decided to treat fascists as allies and progressives as enemies. For a group that is tasked with protecting American Jews, that is a world historic fuck up.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
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I’m coining the phrase “the centrist two-step.” Step 1 is declaring that the left needs to focus on kitchen table issues instead of social issues to win back voters and step 2 is insisting that all left-wing approaches to kitchen table issues are impossible to deliver on.
Abigail Spanberger takes a swipe at Mamdani, saying "maybe he should be a Democrat" and that his campaign promises are dishonest.
November 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I’m coining the phrase “the centrist two-step.” Step 1 is declaring that the left needs to focus on kitchen table issues instead of social issues to win back voters and step 2 is insisting that all left-wing approaches to kitchen table issues are impossible to deliver on.
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Yes, defend SNAP, but making econometric arguments about it saving other costs or increasing productivity is losing the plot.
As Elaine Brown said, "Because we are so used to the capitalist construct, it doesn’t occur to us that we have a human right to eat; because if you don’t eat you will die."
As Elaine Brown said, "Because we are so used to the capitalist construct, it doesn’t occur to us that we have a human right to eat; because if you don’t eat you will die."
November 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Yes, defend SNAP, but making econometric arguments about it saving other costs or increasing productivity is losing the plot.
As Elaine Brown said, "Because we are so used to the capitalist construct, it doesn’t occur to us that we have a human right to eat; because if you don’t eat you will die."
As Elaine Brown said, "Because we are so used to the capitalist construct, it doesn’t occur to us that we have a human right to eat; because if you don’t eat you will die."
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🧵This horrific story is being reported all over Latin America, but not the US.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
🧵This horrific story is being reported all over Latin America, but not the US.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
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Just want to thank folks contributing to the #psjminfo job status update section of the site. It's a small thing, but I know people appreciate knowing the status of jobs.
www.politicalsciencejobs.org/status-updates
www.politicalsciencejobs.org/status-updates
PS Jobs - Status Updates
This is a listing of job market updates. You can submit updates here.
www.politicalsciencejobs.org
September 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Just want to thank folks contributing to the #psjminfo job status update section of the site. It's a small thing, but I know people appreciate knowing the status of jobs.
www.politicalsciencejobs.org/status-updates
www.politicalsciencejobs.org/status-updates
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The Cuban regime has created a narrative of victimhood as a smoke screen for its gross incompetence and corruption. I should know, writes Carolina Barrero. I once believed it, too.
The Cuban Embargo Does Not Exist | Journal of Democracy
The Cuban regime has created a narrative of victimhood as a smoke screen for its gross incompetence and corruption. I should know. I once believed it, too.
www.journalofdemocracy.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Cuban regime has created a narrative of victimhood as a smoke screen for its gross incompetence and corruption. I should know, writes Carolina Barrero. I once believed it, too.
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A very disturbing video has emerged from today’s ICE/CBP operations in Avondale.
An officer pushes a woman to the ground, prompting bystanders to react angrily and throw what appears to be a rock at a moving unmarked vehicle.
This seems to be the new normal in Chicago.
An officer pushes a woman to the ground, prompting bystanders to react angrily and throw what appears to be a rock at a moving unmarked vehicle.
This seems to be the new normal in Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A very disturbing video has emerged from today’s ICE/CBP operations in Avondale.
An officer pushes a woman to the ground, prompting bystanders to react angrily and throw what appears to be a rock at a moving unmarked vehicle.
This seems to be the new normal in Chicago.
An officer pushes a woman to the ground, prompting bystanders to react angrily and throw what appears to be a rock at a moving unmarked vehicle.
This seems to be the new normal in Chicago.
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Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...
www.justice.gov
October 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
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I love that this is literally just
we realized we weren't connecting with Black people so we tried talking to more Black people and Black people like us much better now
we realized we weren't connecting with Black people so we tried talking to more Black people and Black people like us much better now
"Black organizers had noticed gaps in the campaign’s strategy for reaching Black voters. To address them, they led canvasses in working-class Black neighborhoods...By early October, Mamdani had taken a commanding lead over Cuomo among Black voters"
hammerandhope.org/article/zohr...
hammerandhope.org/article/zohr...
Will Zohran Mamdani Win Over Black New Yorkers?
Five people talk about their experience of the Mamdani campaign — from the inside and the outside.
hammerandhope.org
October 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I love that this is literally just
we realized we weren't connecting with Black people so we tried talking to more Black people and Black people like us much better now
we realized we weren't connecting with Black people so we tried talking to more Black people and Black people like us much better now
What stage in the slow, painful death of the rule of law is this
Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."
October 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
What stage in the slow, painful death of the rule of law is this
Just completed my last job application of the season. Let the chips fall where they may.
October 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Just completed my last job application of the season. Let the chips fall where they may.
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New statewide policy requires that all syllabuses be posted online. I've had my class materials online *for years*, but that doesn't count—it must be a PDF.
So with the magic of #QuartoPub and Typst and some Lua filters, I made my course website syllabus build to a PDF automatically!
So with the magic of #QuartoPub and Typst and some Lua filters, I made my course website syllabus build to a PDF automatically!
October 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New statewide policy requires that all syllabuses be posted online. I've had my class materials online *for years*, but that doesn't count—it must be a PDF.
So with the magic of #QuartoPub and Typst and some Lua filters, I made my course website syllabus build to a PDF automatically!
So with the magic of #QuartoPub and Typst and some Lua filters, I made my course website syllabus build to a PDF automatically!
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34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
October 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
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I’m going to say it again: members of Congress need to draft articles & talk publicly & loudly about the case for treason. Trump told generals on camera in person: the campaign in U.S. cities is a WAR. The military needs to hear it laid out for them, how serious this is. Write for them, not the GOP.
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’m going to say it again: members of Congress need to draft articles & talk publicly & loudly about the case for treason. Trump told generals on camera in person: the campaign in U.S. cities is a WAR. The military needs to hear it laid out for them, how serious this is. Write for them, not the GOP.
Another initial interview on Friday and fly-out #2 next week. Got an R&R from Comparative Politics, too. Things are *happening*
October 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Another initial interview on Friday and fly-out #2 next week. Got an R&R from Comparative Politics, too. Things are *happening*
Today my doctoral diploma arrived, and tomorrow I have my first flyout. Yeehaw
October 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Today my doctoral diploma arrived, and tomorrow I have my first flyout. Yeehaw
The call for papers for the 11th Emerging Scholars Conference in Public Law at UT Austin is now open! This year’s theme is "Bastion of Democracy: The Role of Courts in Navigating Democratic Governance."
The deadline is Wednesday, October 15. Submit your abstract here: lnkd.in/gxyZ6SCRhttp...
The deadline is Wednesday, October 15. Submit your abstract here: lnkd.in/gxyZ6SCRhttp...
October 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The call for papers for the 11th Emerging Scholars Conference in Public Law at UT Austin is now open! This year’s theme is "Bastion of Democracy: The Role of Courts in Navigating Democratic Governance."
The deadline is Wednesday, October 15. Submit your abstract here: lnkd.in/gxyZ6SCRhttp...
The deadline is Wednesday, October 15. Submit your abstract here: lnkd.in/gxyZ6SCRhttp...
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"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
Big news from the Comparative Constitutions Project! We just released an open-source #NLP tool for researchers: the "Segments-as-Topics" (SAT) method.
Perfect for analyzing #constitutions #courtrulings and other text corpora. Video tutorial below! 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm_0...
Perfect for analyzing #constitutions #courtrulings and other text corpora. Video tutorial below! 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm_0...
Segments-as-Topics (SAT): A Framework for Topic Integration in Texts
YouTube video by Constitute Project
www.youtube.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Big news from the Comparative Constitutions Project! We just released an open-source #NLP tool for researchers: the "Segments-as-Topics" (SAT) method.
Perfect for analyzing #constitutions #courtrulings and other text corpora. Video tutorial below! 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm_0...
Perfect for analyzing #constitutions #courtrulings and other text corpora. Video tutorial below! 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm_0...
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The context here, of course, is that the “local broadcasters” Carr is egging on are actually huge conglomerates with a pending merger before his office that would give them (and him) vast control over all broadcast television stations
FCC Chair Brendan Carr says Sinclair has "every right" to demand that Jimmy Kimmel to donate to Turning Point USA
September 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The context here, of course, is that the “local broadcasters” Carr is egging on are actually huge conglomerates with a pending merger before his office that would give them (and him) vast control over all broadcast television stations