Sheldon Goldman, Distinguished Professor of political science, says U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who has approved almost every federal judge nominee during her years in the Senate, has had an impact on how the judiciary works. 

There is additional coverage of comments by Paul M. Collins Jr., political science and director of legal studies, in an AP article previewing how Chief Justice John Roberts might preside over President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.

Amel Ahmed is quoted in an article about legal challenges to Electoral College processes, specifically questioning whether individual electors can vote their conscience rather than for the winner of their state’s popular vote. Ahmed says changing the current system without a constitutional amendment is, in principle, problematic because the Electoral College is written into the Constitution.

Before UMass Amherst Department of Political Science alum Todd Newhouse '81 took on organized crime families in Boston, he was an undergrad at UMass. He recently told us and a group of SBS students about the professional development skills he learned as a political science major, how he came to love the law, and his favorite mob movies.