Rachel Shelden (@rachelshelden.bsky.social)

@rachelshelden.bsky.social Apr 8, 2026, 12:01 PM Pinned

Y’all, the preorder links for The Political Supreme Court are here!

Direct from UNC Press: uncpress.org/978146969713...

Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-politi...

uncpress.orgThe Political Supreme CourtToday’s Supreme Court justices bristle at the label “politicians in robes,” insisting that they operate above the fray of partisan politics. But for th...

@rachelshelden.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 1:22 AM

I actually have enjoyed the Sunday night baseball model that they also replicated in the WC round. It’s always better when the analysts know something about the teams (obviously 🙄). But Benetti can’t call every game, alas.

@rachelshelden.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 1:06 AM

Evergreen

@unlawfulentries.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 7:06 PMReposted by @rachelshelden.bsky.social

Read the book 👇🏽. Before the feds took over immigration in 1888, there was over a century of colonial and then state laws on migration

Anna Law’s migration and the origins of American citizenship book

@uncpress.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 4:27 PMReposted by @rachelshelden.bsky.social

Finished copies of THE POLITICAL SUPREME COURT by @rachelshelden.bsky.social have hit the office and they're stunning 🤩

Publishing October 27th!

A stack of four copies of The Political Supreme Court: A Forgotten History by Rachel A. Shelden sits against a white background. One copy stands upright on top of the stack, displaying the book's cover.

A hand holds a copy of The Political Supreme Court: A Forgotten History by Rachel A. Shelden against a light gray background.

@rachelshelden.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 4:11 PM

Thank you!

@rachelshelden.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 4:07 PM

probably not 😂

@rachelshelden.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 12:21 PM

Really looking forward to this! If you’re in the DC area, join me & @stevevladeck.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social on October 26!

@stevevladeck.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 9:06 PMReposted by @rachelshelden.bsky.social

D.C. people:

Come see @rachelshelden.bsky.social and me talk about her fantastic new book about #SCOTUS at @politicsprose.bsky.social (the Connecticut Avenue location) on Monday, October 26, at 7 p.m.:

politics-prose.com/rachel-sheld...

@rachelshelden.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 8:51 PM

There it is!! Eagerly awaiting its arrival in my own mailbox!

@stevevladeck.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 11:28 AMReposted by @rachelshelden.bsky.social

Justice Alito devotes an entire chapter of his new book to the emergency docket—and to responding to people like me (“the most prolific academic critic of the emergency docket”).

As I explain over at “One First,” it … didn’t go well:

www.stevevladeck.com/p/256-so-une...