Jesse Rhodes, political science, is scheduled to participate in the American Bar Association’s Law Day 2023 event in Northampton on May 4. The topic for the event is “Voting Rights Are Human Rights,”  and features Smith College Professor Carrie Baker, University of Massachusetts Amherst Professor Jesse Rhodes and a performance by students from the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School’s mock trial team. (Greenfield Recorder)

Sindiso MnisiWeeks, legal studies, has published a piece for I-CONnect, the blog of the International Journal of Constitutional Law, following her attendance of the Peopling Constitutional Law symposium. The post discusses possibilities for decolonizing constitutional law. (I-CONnect)

Kira Tait (PhD '21) has accepted a job at the University of California, Santa Cruz in the Politics Department.  She'll be starting in Fall 2023 after a year of teaching at University of San Diego.  You can email your congratulations to Kira at ktait@sandiego.edu.

Paul Collins, professor of legal studies and political science, appeared on “Talking Politics” to discuss a proposal by a group of elected officials, including Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, to make changes affecting the U.S. Supreme Court, including increasing its size. Collins says increasing the size of the Court creates a “tit for tat” strategy in which there’s a push for more justices each time control of Congress or the Court changes. He says the best solution would be to institute staggered 18-year terms. (GBH, 4/28/23)