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John Inazu presented “The Right of Assembly in our Democratic Experiment” as part of the spring 2026 WashU course “1776, Then and Now.”

The award is granted by the American Political Science Association and presented to top scholars in the field who are within ten years of their PhD.

McBride says that recipients don’t always receive the form if they don’t have a physical address or if the address on file is incorrect. And it’s not always clear to enrollees who receive the form what the department needs from them.

Dr. Galea, Dean of the School of Public Health at Washington University, says previous studies have found links between delayed recovery efforts and worsening mental health among disaster survivors.

Katz says the Trump administration has taken advantage of an inactive Congress to rush ahead on a variety of goals, including construction of the ballroom, but also immigration restrictions and other areas.

Butler says by opting out of the primaries, people give power to the leaders of the parties to pursue agendas that are not responsive to moderate voters’ preferences

Crum said the justices could strike down Mississippi’s law on late-arriving mail ballots but still allow it to stand for the midterms under the Purcell principle.

The Ralph E. Powe award is a competitive research award that provides seed money for junior faculty members which often result in additional funding from other sources.

WashU History Professor Peter Kastor and WashU Law Dean Stefanie Lindquist discuss the upcoming Model Constitutional Convention on KMOX podcast. Conversation starts at timestamp 01:15.

Christenson says the prevailing approach is simply to downplay unfavorable metrics or sow distrust in public data.

Professor Inazu, the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law & Religion at WashU Law, received Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance 2026 Senior Scholar Award.

The authors analyzed 4 million Facebook posts made by political parties between 2016 and 2022 to develop the first classification of monolingual and multilingual parties around the world.