Society, Politics & Policy

Research selected across Political Science, Law, Sociology, Public Policy, and Media.

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Baseball's automated challenge system was meant to enforce a fixed strike zone, yet umpires widened that zone as games progressed. The paper links the shift to catchers becoming better challengers than batters, creating pressure to call more strikes and avoid being overturned.

Baseball's automated challenge system was meant to enforce a fixed strike zone, yet umpires widened that zone as games progressed. The paper links the shift to catchers becoming better challengers than batters, creating pressure to call more strikes and avoid being overturned.

Law

Presidential accountability depends on the institutions that produce facts about executive misconduct. The article argues that Trump v. United States and Trump v. Slaughter jointly weaken investigation by insulating presidents from consequences and increasing control over investigators. Jul 19

Public Policy

Advanced AI models could become harder for governments to restrain as hardware spreads, algorithms improve, and dangerous models are released. The paper argues that governments can preserve future options now through policies that carry relatively small present-day costs. Aug 7

Law

Restraint chairs immobilize a person's limbs and chest, and jails now use them tens of thousands of times each year according to this legal article. It argues that the technology spread through a legal void that lets hidden state violence persist along older channels of dehumanization. Aug 2026

Law

Consolidated firms give governments fewer, more powerful pressure points for censoring speech through private intermediaries. Across four case studies, the article argues that consolidation and diversification make jawboning cheaper, more effective, and harder for plaintiffs to challenge. Jul 30