In the US Court of Appeals, a panel of judges can vote to rehear a case which had previously been heard by the court, a procedure known as en banc review. In new research, Deborah Beim and colleagues find that when a judge who is an ideological ally dissents with the majority decision, this can act as a strong […]
A recent spate of apparently botched executions has once again brought the death penalty and defendants’ appeals against their sentences into the spotlight. But are decisions about sentences made consistently across the federal judiciary? By examining over 1,400 death penalty decisions made by three-judge panels over a thirty year period, Deborah Beim and John Kastellec find that panels with […]
Americans are in favor of interracial marriage until they are asked about their own family
What Happened?: Arizona turned blue in the 2020 presidential election, but the Republicans still control the state.
“Gay” or “Homosexual”: the words we use can divide public opinion on civil rights
Globalisation has contributed to declining levels of religious freedom across the world
Bob Ward reviews Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters by Steve Koonin
Mark S. Langevin reviews Power Shift: The Global Political Economy of Energy Transitions by Peter Newell
Sabah Carrim reviews It Can Happen Here: White Power and the Rising Threat of Genocide in the US by Alexander Laban Hintons 
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