Political Science News and Events
Students, Faculty Receive Spring 2023 SOURCE and Honors Research Grants
The awards support undergraduate research projects.
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Keck Discusses the Conservative Supermajority of the US Supreme Court in Al Jazeera Article
The “dominant theme” of the court’s recent term is that the bench remains staunchly conservative. Over the last two years, the conservative supermajority has overseen “multiple, rapid” shifts in the law that appear “ideologically driven,” says Thomas Keck, professor of political science.
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Taylor Discusses the Wagner Group, Russian President Putin with Business Insider, DW and Newsweek
Brian Taylor, professor of political science, says that the mutiny fallout has put Putin in a position he's neither familiar nor comfortable with—often using his pulpit to blast political enemies, both inside and outside of Moscow. "Now he's applying that very same language to one of his own guys, someone he elevated to a position of power and responsibility," Taylor says.
See related: Conflict, Crime & Violence, Government, Russia, Ukraine