Andrew Reeves

it’s been abysmal for a while. Made a book publisher pay for a second round of copy editing after they induced weird errors (of the type you both describe) in the page proofs.

The copyeditor's decision to list Washington University in St. Louis as being in Seattle, WA, does not give me confidence.

Presidency & Executive Politics Conference

📢 Call for Proposals: PEPCON 2026
Hoover’s Center for Revitalizing American Institutions is hosting Presidency & Executive Politics Conference on April 16–17, 2026.

Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
More info: www.hoover.org/events/presi...

Presidency & Executive Politics Conference

📢 Call for Proposals: PEPCON 2026
Hoover’s Center for Revitalizing American Institutions is hosting Presidency & Executive Politics Conference on April 16–17, 2026.

Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
More info: www.hoover.org/events/presi...

🚨We're hiring at WashU!

I'm co-chairing a search for multiple endowed chairs focused on classical liberal principles: rule of law, free markets, regulatory reform, and accountability.

Open to tenured scholars across disciplines.

Apply by Aug 15: apply.interfolio.com/166960

🚨We're hiring at WashU!

I'm co-chairing a search for multiple endowed chairs focused on classical liberal principles: rule of law, free markets, regulatory reform, and accountability.

Open to tenured scholars across disciplines.

Apply by Aug 15: apply.interfolio.com/166960

In our survey from Feb: Among those with a view, 58% of Republicans say presidents should be able to enact policy without congress. Just 10% of Dems agree. (25% of all respondents neither agree nor disagree)

Full breakdown + analysis in my piece @ConversationUS: theconversation.com/trump-treats...

Trump treats laws as obstacles, not limits − and the only real check on his rule-breaking can come from political pressure The most meaningful check on presidential power in the Trump era will be political. That’s because courts rely on the broader political system for enforcement.

Federal judge in Boston says Trump Admin. violated his order barring deportations without adequate notice. Here's ‪@ajreeves.bsky.social‬ on how legal limits alone can’t constrain a defiant president like Trump whose "pace & scale of defiance are w/o precedent" theconversation.com/trump-treats...

Trump treats laws as obstacles, not limits − and the only real check on his rule-breaking can come from political pressure The most meaningful check on presidential power in the Trump era will be political. That’s because courts rely on the broader political system for enforcement.

72% of Americans in all oppose unchecked presidential power, but Republican support for unilateral action has hit an all-time high. A political scientist explains how shifting public opinion shapes executive authority: buff.ly/hThJ7a0
@ajreeves.bsky.social, WUSTL and @hooverinstitution.bsky.social

Trump treats laws as obstacles, not limits − and the only real check on his rule-breaking can come from political pressure The most meaningful check on presidential power in the Trump era will be political. That’s because courts rely on the broader political system for enforcement.

My new piece in @us.theconversation.com explores why legal limits alone can’t constrain a defiant president. When Trump treats laws as obstacles, the real check comes from political, not legal, pressure.

theconversation.com/trump-treats...

WashU is hiring for several endowed professorships tied to classical liberalism (rule of law, markets, gov’t accountability). Open across disciplines. Please share or reach out if interested. Full info: apply.interfolio.com/166960

RIP Justice David Souter, who reportedly had never heard of Diet Coke before joining the Supreme Court. www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/b...

Deeply grateful for the opportunity to stand with fellow Penn professors from 4 departments to read the Declaration of Independence, The Bill of Rights, & select Federalist Papers yesterday to call us back to our founding ideals.

Grateful, too, to the DP for coverage: www.thedp.com/article/2025...

BREAKING

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley and Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell have introduced legislation that would require tariffs to be approved by Congress within 60 days, or the tariffs will expire.

In case people are salivating over the idiotic tariff formula for research papers, @jakejares.bsky.social and I took advantage of another simplistic formula for the 2018 farm bailout: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Are you, or do you know, a recent or soon-to-be college grad who's interested in research and deep dives on Congress? @sarahbinder.bsky.social and I are hiring an RA to start this summer. More info here: careers-brookings.icims.com/jobs/3627/re...

30 Charts That Show How Covid Changed Everything in March 2020 It can be easy to forget, or look away from, the pain and disruption of the pandemic. The numbers will be there to remind us.

Decades from now, the Covid-19 pandemic will be visible in the data of nearly anything measurable today: an unmistakable spike, dip or jolt that officially began for Americans five years ago this week. These charts capture that break — across the economy, health care, education, work and more.

Had a fantastic (and too brief) time at the @hooverinstitution.bsky.social—catching up with friends, meeting new colleagues, and exploring exciting developments in social science and higher education. Grateful for the engaging conversations!

It was great to host this group. And a special treat to welcome back Cicero's Jonathan Wolfson (Wash U AB 2005).

YouTube video by WeidenbaumCenter at WashU Labor, Regulation, and the Changing Economy Panel

The @weidenbaumcenter.bsky.social hosted a discussion on the shifting labor landscape.

💡 Panelists:
🔹 Rick Barrett (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
🔹 Jake Rosenfeld (WashU Sociology)
🔹 Jonathan Wolfson (Cicero Institute)

🎤 Moderator: Pauline Kim (WashU Law)

📺 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUeC...

My colleague, Margit Tavits, is looking to hire a postdoc (supported by @weidenbaumcenter.bsky.social). This is a GREAT opportunity.

Learn more and apply at apply.interfolio.com/163623

ABSTRACT reads: Public opinion towards human-induced climate change is polarized along partisan lines. Indeed, scholars debate whether direct experiences with the consequences of climate change result in durable effects on opinions or behaviors. Our analysis of hundreds of thousands of survey respondents and nearly 30,000 precinct-level voting returns challenges this emerging consensus for one kind of climate change outcome: rising sea levels. We find that persistent vulnerability to rising sea levels is associated with opinions and behaviors about global warming. Coastal residents affected by sea-level rise are more likely to support climate mitigation policy. This association is strongest among those firmly attached to their communities, as opposed to those with the most to lose financially. We speculate that sea-level rise is exceptionally salient in the minds of those affected as an ever-present reminder of the inevitable toll of climate change.

New article!

Rising seas, rising concerns: how climate change vulnerability shapes public opinion, by Tyler Reny, @ajreeves.bsky.social and Dino Christenson.

doi.org/10.1080/0964...

Rising Seas, Rising Concerns: How Climate Change Vulnerability Shapes Opinions Towards Policy | Andrew Reeves Public opinion towards human-induced climate change is polarized along partisan lines. Indeed, the preponderance of scholarly work suggests that not even direct experiences with the consequences of cl...

New publication at Environmental Politics with Reny & Christenson. We find persistent exposure to sea-level rise significantly influences coastal residents' views and actions regarding global warming. Ungated: andrewreeves.org/publication/...; gated: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Prepping for class tomorrow and stumbled upon this prescient passage from Doug Kriner and @ajreeves.bsky.social's 2015 book, The Particularistic President:

I had the privilege of speaking with @daschloz.bsky.social and @samrosenfeld.bsky.social about their fantastic book, The Hollow Parties. Grateful for the conversation and their insights. Another great @weidenbaumcenter.bsky.social event!

57% of Republicans cannot say that Trump's executive orders have been legal or constitutional.

Happening today!

Oh, St. Louis

Interesting study that draws contrasts with @ajreeves.bsky.social and I's work on taking/deflecting responsibility for governmental crises

We found the public rewards accepting blame, while this @bjpols.bsky.social finds it punishes apologies for personal misdeeds

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Are female politicians better advocates for their districts? Research from the Department of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis found that women in the U.S. House of Representatives are more likely to emphasize their home districts.

Are female politicians better advocates for their districts?

Featuring research by my colleague Jaclyn Kaslovsky (published in the AJPS with Pamela Ban) source.washu.edu/2025/01/fema...