Anthony Taboni

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The Path of Law: Legal Uncertainty and Issues of First Impression in the U.S. Courts of Appeals - https://cup.org/42XsrF0

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The strongest regional accent I've encountered in Austin so far has come from the blue jays outside my office

Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth

You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

Jeff Staton presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Charles Cameron 🏆👏 Congratulations to Dr. Cameron on this well-deserved honor and thank you for your extraordinary contributions to our field!

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The discussants at APSA this year look especially intimidating

A bit of light in the dark. Elizabeth is finally free

🚨I'm on the job market! 🚨

My job market paper employs a formal model to examine the role of racial competency in shaping the behavior of Multiracial politicians. My broader dissertation examines how Multiracial Americans are a threat to racial solidarity. For more, visit www.isaiahcjohnson.com.

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Well Austin is about to learn about how insufferable of a Bills fan I am

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Hark! A dirigible.

I'm on the 2025-26 academic job market in political science!

I recently completed my PhD and am now a postdoctoral researcher at the Comparative Constitutions Project. My research examines constitutional design, public participation, and Latin American politics using mixed methods.

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Thank you!

This was my JMP and a core part of my dissertation, so I'm very excited to see it out in the world. A big thanks to everyone who helped me transform this idea into a reality.

I then test predictions from the theory using an original dataset of cases of first impression. I find support for the theory and evidence that courts are learning from one another when deciding new issues.

I focus on the role of ideology in legal development and find that courts learn most from their ideological allies; however, increasing the ideological distance between courts can either increase or decrease legal uniformity.

In the paper, I explore how courts make decisions when the law is uncertain. Using the Courts of Appeals as a template, I model the process of two courts deciding a new issue. The second court does not need to follow the first court's decision, but they can learn from it.

Really pleased to announce that my paper "The Path of Law: Legal Uncertainty and Cases of First Impression in the U.S. Courts of Appeals" has been accepted at the APSR. The paper can be found here: anthonytaboni.com/wp-content/u...

This might be my favorite graph in "Making the Supreme Court," not least because it easily dispels the notion that BORK CHANGED EVERYTHING.

Okay but what is the book

New author achievement unlocked: Just saw an ad for a book with the tagline "Perfect for fans of Edward Ashton."

So, yeah, I guess Tabones and Maggie the Cat should probably grab themselves copies of that one. 😇

This is the type of content bluesky needs more of

Supreme Court Keeps Ruling in Trump’s Favor, but Doesn’t Say Why

Really excited to see my work with @jkastellec.bsky.social mentioned in the NYT. See the underlying data and the accompanying paper at shadowdocketdata.com

I've officially moved to Austin. Please send your recommendations for coffee, food, things to do, and more food.

This is just the kind of thing we need. Careful people collecting important data and building a public resource. Kudos! I suspect these data will get a lot of use.

Excited to share these data with the world!

The Supreme Court's Anti-Trans Decision Will Live In Infamy In its bigotry and deceitfulness, US v. Skrmetti is destined to be seen alongside Plessy, Dobbs, Dred Scott, and all of the court's other most notorious decisions.

The Supreme Court ruled that the Equal Protection Clause does not protect everybody equally. Instead it upheld the Tennessee law that seeks to eradicate trans kids.
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yeah, these people are seething with hatred, and momentary victories getting to stomp on some minority doesn't fix the howling void in their souls bsky.app/profile/mlro...

Why did no one prepare me for the tough times post graduation? (I have to purchase a month Mathematica license until I start my postdoc).

Thank you!

Anthony Taboni

Congratulations to Anthony Taboni, who received Honorable Mention for @apsa.bsky.social's Best Conference Paper Award, Law and Courts Division for “The Path of Law: Legal Uncertainty and Issues of First Impression in the U.S. Courts of Appeals.” @anthonytaboni.bsky.social