A Wealth Tax is Fool’s Gold
The appeal of a federal wealth tax is undeniable. Progressive politicians tout it as a powerful tool to combat rising...
Month: July 2025
Does Actual Innocence Matter? A Proposed Statistical Analysis of Appellate Outcomes
The criminal justice system's most fundamental promise is that the innocent will not be punished. Yet we know from decades...
Bringing Statistical Rigor to Appellate Standards: A Framework for Judicial Clarity
The American appellate system faces a persistent problem that undermines the rule of law: the widespread confusion over which standards...
Do Appellate Courts Actually Correct Errors?
The conventional wisdom about appellate courts is straightforward: they exist to correct errors made by trial courts. This textbook description...
Justice Scalia’s Strategic Voting in Arizona v. Fulminante
Understanding how Supreme Court justices make decisions has long fascinated political scientists. While many analyses focus on the attitudinal model—the...
Midterm Surge and Decline: Political Pattern or Statistical Artifact?
The phenomenon of midterm surge and decline has become a staple of American electoral commentary, appearing in nearly every journalistic...
The State of Camera Access to America’s Courtrooms
The American public's relationship with its judicial system has been shaped by dramatic moments of televised justice: the O.J. Simpson...
Reality Check: What Happens When Political Parties Actually Try to Work Together
Political rhetoric consistently celebrates bipartisanship as a democratic virtue, yet scholarly attention to this phenomenon remains surprisingly limited. While politicians...
C-SPAN’s Democratic Deficit
For over four decades, C-SPAN has served as America's primary window into the workings of Congress and federal government. Created...
Technocracy in America: Virtual Communities and the Transformation of Democratic Life
If Alexis de Tocqueville were to visit America today, armed with the same keen observational powers that produced Democracy in...