Kyle Morgan
@profkmorgan.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science (Public Law, Public Opinion, Criminal Justice, and Experiments) But please talk to me about surfing, dogs, trash pandas, and the outdoors.
Statements are my own views, not my employer's
Statements are my own views, not my employer's
I love asides from students while grading exams for Civil Liberties and Rights. I wonder who they could ever be talking about?
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I love asides from students while grading exams for Civil Liberties and Rights. I wonder who they could ever be talking about?
New article from @profamandaroberti.bsky.social @katiekrumbholz.bsky.social and I! We find that changing the framing of abortion restrictions to focus on "pro-woman" language versus "pro-fetus" language has an effect on pro-choice individuals in particular.
#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social -
Women or Fetuses First? An Experimental Study of the Effectiveness of the Pro-Life Movement’s Use of the “Pro-Woman” Frame - https://cup.org/48qJXVm
- @profamandaroberti.bsky.social, Kyle J. Morgan & @katiekrumbholz.bsky.social
#FirstView
Women or Fetuses First? An Experimental Study of the Effectiveness of the Pro-Life Movement’s Use of the “Pro-Woman” Frame - https://cup.org/48qJXVm
- @profamandaroberti.bsky.social, Kyle J. Morgan & @katiekrumbholz.bsky.social
#FirstView
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
New article from @profamandaroberti.bsky.social @katiekrumbholz.bsky.social and I! We find that changing the framing of abortion restrictions to focus on "pro-woman" language versus "pro-fetus" language has an effect on pro-choice individuals in particular.
Faculty at this point in the semester.
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Faculty at this point in the semester.
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If Trump lashes out and begins bombing his own country, Democrats will have blood on their hands.
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
If Trump lashes out and begins bombing his own country, Democrats will have blood on their hands.
From a student in Civil Liberties/Rights this morning: "Because of your class Dr. Morgan, we all now hate the Supreme Court."
Welp, my work here is done.
Welp, my work here is done.
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
From a student in Civil Liberties/Rights this morning: "Because of your class Dr. Morgan, we all now hate the Supreme Court."
Welp, my work here is done.
Welp, my work here is done.
It's the only holiday that matters. Here's to the Great Pumpkin and all the sincere pumpkin patches.
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The World/ Inferno Friendship Society - Pumpkin Time
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October 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It's the only holiday that matters. Here's to the Great Pumpkin and all the sincere pumpkin patches.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uci_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uci_...
Well this one is gonna get weird:
apnews.com/article/supr...
On the plus side, given the disconnected way in which the Court has discussed pot in cases like Morse gives me some hope this one will at least be entertaining to read.
apnews.com/article/supr...
On the plus side, given the disconnected way in which the Court has discussed pot in cases like Morse gives me some hope this one will at least be entertaining to read.
Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns
The Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since its 2022 decision expanding gun rights.
apnews.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Well this one is gonna get weird:
apnews.com/article/supr...
On the plus side, given the disconnected way in which the Court has discussed pot in cases like Morse gives me some hope this one will at least be entertaining to read.
apnews.com/article/supr...
On the plus side, given the disconnected way in which the Court has discussed pot in cases like Morse gives me some hope this one will at least be entertaining to read.
The surveillance state continues growing like a snowball of shit rolling downhill towards us all.
NEW: ICE purchased custom-made vans from a company called TechOps Specialty Vehicles (TOSV) that are equipped with fake cellphone towers designed to spy on phones.
TOSV president said the company integrates the cell-site simulators into their vans, but does not manufacture the surveillance tool.
TOSV president said the company integrates the cell-site simulators into their vans, but does not manufacture the surveillance tool.
ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy on phones | TechCrunch
The federal contract shows ICE spent $825,000 on vans equipped with “cell-site simulators” which allow the real-world location tracking of nearby phones and their owners.
techcrunch.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The surveillance state continues growing like a snowball of shit rolling downhill towards us all.
Writing Civil Liberties exam hypotheticals just isn't as much fun as it once was.
October 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Writing Civil Liberties exam hypotheticals just isn't as much fun as it once was.
The weaponization of Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project is coming. Together this is going to lay the groundwork for undermining the midterm and 2028 (if we even get there).
BREAKING: Trump says he is designating “Antifa” as a “major terrorist organization.”
Such a step being taken this way would be concerning enough, given what it actually is, but, given that Trump sees “Antifa” hiding in every corner of opposition, this could be an extremely alarming escalation.
Such a step being taken this way would be concerning enough, given what it actually is, but, given that Trump sees “Antifa” hiding in every corner of opposition, this could be an extremely alarming escalation.
September 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The weaponization of Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project is coming. Together this is going to lay the groundwork for undermining the midterm and 2028 (if we even get there).
Most of us in higher ed right now:
September 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Most of us in higher ed right now:
Every day when I'm cranky and cynical while teaching
a man in a suit and bow tie is sitting in a chair .
ALT: a man in a suit and bow tie is sitting in a chair .
media.tenor.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Every day when I'm cranky and cynical while teaching
It's Constitution Day, 'yay'. The Constitution will not save us. Checks and balances are not going to rescue us from fascism, rather we are in this moment because of them. If we want to emerge from this, we must confront the inadequacies of the Constitution and we must build the society we want.
September 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It's Constitution Day, 'yay'. The Constitution will not save us. Checks and balances are not going to rescue us from fascism, rather we are in this moment because of them. If we want to emerge from this, we must confront the inadequacies of the Constitution and we must build the society we want.
Teaching democratic rights in Civil Liberties/Rights this week just got more 'interesting.'
BREAKING: The South Carolina Supreme Court has denied a request to strike down the state's congressional district map that was approved by its GOP-controlled state legislature, finding that claims of partisan gerrymandering are not reviewable by South Carolina courts
www.sccourts.org/media/opinio...
www.sccourts.org/media/opinio...
September 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Teaching democratic rights in Civil Liberties/Rights this week just got more 'interesting.'
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There is a clutch of pundits who treat the world like it’s an Ivy League seminar course, mostly because that’s the environment in which they emerged. They think debate and white papers are the pinnacle of political action. They fume at anyone who approaches politics in any other way.
September 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
There is a clutch of pundits who treat the world like it’s an Ivy League seminar course, mostly because that’s the environment in which they emerged. They think debate and white papers are the pinnacle of political action. They fume at anyone who approaches politics in any other way.
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basically a generational cohort split here where certain younger people intuitively grasp the irony poisoned context, and if you aren't already up to speed, very hard to explain
Watching the cable news commentary on the bullet engravings is wild because none of these people seem to realize that the content of the engravings are indicative of extremely online meme brain rot
September 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
basically a generational cohort split here where certain younger people intuitively grasp the irony poisoned context, and if you aren't already up to speed, very hard to explain
Well played lawyers, well played.
"This is a case about Katz and dogs" -- opening line of a pending SCOTUS cert. petition about an allegedly unconstitutional search involving a police dog.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
September 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Well played lawyers, well played.
open.oregonstate.education/open-judicia...
Hey Elected Democrats, your base is responsive to messages that the Supreme Court via its decisions is a threat to democracy and the democratic process.
Hey Elected Democrats, your base is responsive to messages that the Supreme Court via its decisions is a threat to democracy and the democratic process.
Experimentally Measuring Responsiveness to Criticisms of the US Supreme Court as Antidemocratic – Open Judicial Politics
<p>A new edition (3e) of Open Judicial Politics is available in <a href="https://open.oregonstate.education/ojp3e-vol1/">Volume 1</a> and <a href="https://open.oregonstate.education/ojp3e-vol2/">Volum...
open.oregonstate.education
September 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Hey Elected Democrats, your base is responsive to messages that the Supreme Court via its decisions is a threat to democracy and the democratic process.
Hey Elected Democrats, your base is responsive to messages that the Supreme Court via its decisions is a threat to democracy and the democratic process.
Remedies will always be available for him and those like him, the rest of us not so much.
It's not the most important part of the issue but Kavanaugh saying "well they should just sue if they're the victims of excessive force from ICE" when he himself has previously voted to bar lawsuits against federal officers for violations of the 4th Amendment in immigration cases takes chutzpah.
September 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Remedies will always be available for him and those like him, the rest of us not so much.
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I’m telling you.
It's not the most important part of the issue but Kavanaugh saying "well they should just sue if they're the victims of excessive force from ICE" when he himself has previously voted to bar lawsuits against federal officers for violations of the 4th Amendment in immigration cases takes chutzpah.
September 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I’m telling you.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
"There is strength in numbers." The only way to win this fight this is through mass mobilization and politics.
"There is strength in numbers." The only way to win this fight this is through mass mobilization and politics.
September 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
"There is strength in numbers." The only way to win this fight this is through mass mobilization and politics.
"There is strength in numbers." The only way to win this fight this is through mass mobilization and politics.
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People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC
September 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC
The court decision against Trump's use of military in LA is really acting as a deterrent against future abuses
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The court decision against Trump's use of military in LA is really acting as a deterrent against future abuses