Rachael Houston

Huge congratulations to Timothy Johnson, Paul Wahlbeck, and James Spriggs on winning the APSA Law & Courts Lasting Contribution Award for “The Influence of Oral Arguments on the US Supreme Court.” An incredible honor for a landmark piece in judicial politics! 👏⚖️

Surprise surprise! New work out now!

My paper with @ChristineCBird & @rachaelhouston_ "Ad-dressing the bench: the impact of interest group advertisements on partisan perceptions of Supreme Court confirmations" is OA at @IGA_journal. We find that weak Reps are more easily persuaded 👥 link.springer.com/article/10.105…

To avoid irrelevancy, the US Supreme Court must now speak with the full voice of its constitutional authority write Timothy R. Johnson and Grace Hertzog of @UMNews and @rachaelhouston_ of @TCU blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025…

Thankful for the opportunity to work with @LSEUSAblog on this important piece!

Hot off the presses! @rachaelhouston_ drops some knowledge on us about the danger inherent to recent attacks on the judiciary. blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025…

Trump’s recent attack on the legitimacy of the federal judiciary are dangerous writes @rachaelhouston_ of @TCU blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025…

Happy to report that our new PRQ article, “From Ads to Action: The Influence of Interest Group Supreme Court Confirmation Advertisements on Political Engagement” won the @SPSAnews Neal Tate award for best paper in judicial politics journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Congratulations to Christine Bird, Rachael Houston, and Marcy Shieh, the recipients of the Neal Tate Award for their paper “From Ads to Action: Exploring the Impact of Interest Group Supreme Court Confirmation Advertisements” at #SPSA2025!

Love this piece with Eve! We find that Monday oral arguments receive more coverage from the media than Tuesday and Wednesday arguments across multiple terms.

So happy to see this 6 year project in print! We collected tweets throughout three separate confirmation processes (Kavanaugh, Barrett, Jackson) to study how partisan Twitter users talk about the process.

With the start of the October 2024 term just around the corner, the Law & Courts Section is hosting a ‘Last Friday’ preview of the upcoming Supreme Court term this Friday October 4 at 1:30 pm Eastern. Mark it down on your calendars! We can't wait!

Really proud of this piece with my absolutely incredible coauthors and besties!

In #FirstView by @ChristineCBird, @rachaelhouston_, and @marcyshieh: "From Ads to Action: The Influence of Interest Group Supreme Court Confirmation Advertisements on Political Engagement" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…

@rachaelhouston_, @marcyshieh, and I are excited to share new work considering showing interest group ads can spur political mobilization and user willingness to engage in political behavior. We hope you give it a read!

Using real interest group ads from Barrett’s and Jackson’s nominations, we find that ads may influence individuals’ political behavior online and spur offline political engagement 💻➡️🗳️ #WomenWhoJudicial

Faculty are more inclined to integrate electoral engagement initiatives in their classrooms when they feel supported by their department chair, colleagues, and students. Check out the article below! @rachaelhouston_ #Education #CivicEngagement tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Academic papers may take years to write and publish, but at least they're read by hundreds of people outside of our niche subfield.