Die in the Saddle. In case there was any question, going down swinging is definitely the way to go. open.substack.com/pub/utaustinli…

𝗝𝗟𝟯 𝟭𝟲𝗨 𝗘𝗬𝗕𝗟 𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥

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🚨 SAVE THE DATE 🚨
May 9-10: 'American Constitutionalism in Crisis?'
The 2024 CSUS Bissell-Heyd Symposium, featuring keynote addresses by Rogers Smith, Maggie Blackhawk, and Jonathan Gienapp.

Mark your calendars and spread the word!

Coleman Elkins with a monster game in the win over St. Stephen’s #DoubleDouble

Why is Madrid the capital of Spain?

Madrid is quite unique:
• No river
• Very recent
• Tiny when it became a capital
So why?

I just took action with @theactionnet: Title VI Civil Rights Complaint Regarding the I-35 Capital Express Project. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-ri…

Chile dijo NO. Únete a nuestro webinar el jueves 21 de diciembre a las 2pm (hora de Panamá) para analizar los resultados del plebiscito y explorar qué depara el futuro. ¡No te lo pierdas! 🇨🇱 Julieta Suárez-Cao (she/her/ella) Marcela Rios Tobar 💚💜 Salvador Sánchez CarlosGonzalezMx Zachary Elkins Isabel Castillo C.

Chile makes history…again. This is only the 13th time in the last 200 years that citizens have rejected a replacement of a constitution. Now Chile has done so twice in the last two years. nytimes.com/2023/12/17/wor…

Y ahora en español... nuestro desembalaje de la propuesta de 50.000 palabras que sustituiría a la Constitución chilena. Con ⁦Matt Martin⁩, @perez_ciudad, y Ashley Moran constituteproject.org/data-stories/c…

Big day for Chile tomorrow. How to decide about a 50k-word document with hundreds of ideas? Here’s our breakdown. ⁦With Matt Martin⁩, Ashley Moran, and Guillermo Perez constituteproject.org/data-stories/c…

It doesn't get any better than the Embedded Scholars program. Here's our doctoral student, Matt Martin, on his experience in the field with International IDEA in Panama and Chile.

Damn. Anthony Blinken has some pipes.

Paul Woodruff was an amazing thinker, mentor, friend, leader, and woodworker, among many other things. I will miss our breakfasts and the utter privilege to have taught with him.

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10 conceptos o distinciones conceptuales que todos los científicos sociales interesados ​​en discutir sobre el Estado y la política deberían comprender. 👇

Referencias en 🧵

Grad students interested in constitutional change will want to be in Austin for this splendid event. Knowing Richard Albert, bbq will be involved.
richardalbert.com/2dgraduateconf…

Fake it until you make it.

Felicidades a los pasantes de UT Austin Alexys Aquino y Francisco Alvarado por su presentación para el INED del Tribunal Electoral sobre los retos actuales a las democracias, específicamente la desinformación en Malasia y la muerte de migrantes en la frontera entre México y EE.UU.

Yet another great thing to come out of Human Dimensions of Organizations @ UT Austin: a deep dive into the business of foster care by @sam_heimbach open.spotify.com/show/1fFujRfsr…

📝 The 5 most influential books in my scholarly research.

Ackerman (1991)
Burgess (1890)
Dicey (1885)
Elkins, Ginsburg, Melton (2009)
Hart (1961)