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Keck Weighs In on Trump’s Threats to Ignore Court Orders in HuffPost Article

“Lots of the fights that they have picked—especially Musk’s out-of-control, rampant destruction of federal agencies from within—a lot of those fights they are not going to win in court,” says Thomas Keck, Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics.

February 13, 2025

See related: Congress, Federal, Law, United States

Reeher Talks to HuffPost, Newsweek About the Crowded 2024 GOP Field

Grant Reeher, professor of political science, tells Newsweek that a crowded primary field benefited Trump in 2016 when the higher number of candidates allowed Trump to win the primary with only about 45 percent of the vote.

June 20, 2023

See related: Political Parties, U.S. Elections, United States

Keck Quoted in HuffPost Article on SCOTUS and Fracturing the Conservative Coalition

Thomas Keck, Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics, was quoted in the HuffPost article, "Democrats Are Using An Old Playbook To Attack The Supreme Court And Fracture The Conservative Coalition."

August 19, 2022

See related: Government, Political Parties, SCOTUS, United States

Abdelaaty Discusses the New Refugee Crisis in HuffPost Interview

Lamis Abdelaaty, assistant professor of political science, was interviewed by HuffPost on the new refugee crisis.

March 18, 2022

See related: Human Rights, Middle East & North Africa, Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Jacobson speaks with HuffPost, VOA, Washington Post about evacuations in Afghanistan

Maxwell's Assistant Dean of Washington Programs Mark Jacobson discusses the failures of the evacuations from Afghanistan with HuffPost, Voice of America and the Washington Post.
September 3, 2021

See related: Afghanistan, Government, International Affairs

Montez study on life expectancy, state policies featured in Huffington Post

“Across a huge range of issues, the more liberal version of state policies predicts longer life expectancy and the conservative version predicts shorter life expectancy.”
August 26, 2020

See related: Longevity, Political Parties, State & Local, U.S. Health Policy, United States

Gadarian quoted in Huffington Post article on coronavirus, partisanship

"Normally, I think that people take cues from the president but since his messaging has been relatively muddled... people seem to be filling in their preferred position for his," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science. 

April 30, 2020

See related: COVID-19, Political Parties, United States

Lovely quoted in Huffington Post article on red flag in US-China trade deal

April 16, 2020

See related: China, Economic Policy, Trade, United States

Heflin discusses new SNAP study with Huffington Post, PBS, Common Dreams

Colleen Heflin talks to multiple outlets about her most recent study on the effect of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on Mortality, analyzing the restricting access and its success rates.
November 7, 2019

See related: Food Security, Longevity, Nutrition, U.S. Health Policy, United States

Karas Montez explains how the tax plan attacks education in Huffington Post

"The Assault On Our Education System In The House And Senate Tax Plans Will Literally Kill," written by Jennifer Karas Montez, the Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar of Aging Studies, was published in the Huffington Post. "The House bill will devastate higher education by taxing graduate students on the cost of their tuition," says Karas Montez. "Both bills also undermine K-12 education by funneling money away from public school and into private ones" 
December 6, 2017

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