I'm always fascinated by stories about the people behind famous cases. This is an interesting read regardless of one's position on Roe or abortion more generally. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

An interesting question for our Governing Criminal Justice students Kate Puddister. Could government direct police to clear the Ambassador Bridge or only set more general policy about clearing critical infrastructure? How much latitude do/should police have?

Excited that GuelphPOLS is inviting applications for a 3-year contract position in Law and Justice at the Assistant Professor level. We have a very collegial department with a strong contingent of law and politics scholars! uoguelph.ca/facultyjobs/po…

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Agree with Howard Anglin that political participation not disqualifying; however, Libs/Cons disproportionately appoint their own supporters (when affiliation is found) raising questions of fairness and whether better judicial candidates are overlooked.

Thanks, Emmett. Our research showed considerable variation in police responses to a scenario about what constitutes a detention. As you noted in your follow-up tweet, this decision won't help!

In this piece for IRPP/Policy Options, Kate Puddister and I share some insights from our research on police oversight, and offer suggestions for reform. Check it out!

New from Dr. Dennis Baker (GuelphPOLS): The notwithstanding clause is the wrong way to fix a bad ‘life without parole’ Supreme Court decision thehub.ca/2022-08-19/den… via The Hub

Dennis Baker and I wrote a piece on police implementation of Charter decisions for Policy Options-- it complements the recent series on police and the Charter in the Toronto Star. Thanks to IRPP/Policy Options for publishing! policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/sept…

In my law & politics classes, I will ask students to imagine an alternate reality in which the Persons case did not happen. Would the path of women's rights/equality be any different? Often I find I am the one who has to propose this position for consideration. Leonid Sirota

Trying to think about whether intra-police independence (for incident commanders) changes anything about how we think of the police-political relationship? Maybe not if the (somewhat nebulous) policy-operations dichotomy remains our guide? nationalpost.com/news/politics/…

Perhaps naively, I am more optimistic. Emphasize personal responsibility, restitution, community, a role for victims, and cost savings for a restorative approach for some crimes. More attention to incapacitation and punishment for repeat/violent offenders. Matt Gurney

Enjoyed watching the informative discussion on government-police relations today as part of the #POEC policy panels. Great work by Dennis Baker (GuelphPOLS) as moderator and Kate Puddister as a panelist. Nice to see University of Guelph expertise in this area recognized and utilized!

legacy.com/ca/obituaries/… The law and politics community in Canada tends to be very collegial and supportive of one another-- Peter Russell, the scholar largely responsible for creating the subfield, set an excellent example with his generosity and grace.

Tried to distill my thoughts on the Ford government's judicial appointments controversy in the context of appointment processes, judicial independence & decision-making, and liberal democratic governance. theconversation.com/doug-fords-pol…

In a new paper, Troy Riddell & Dennis Baker lay out the key planks of a credible, principled, ‘small-C’ conservative approach to criminal justice - with the aim of filling the void in the national conversation on criminal justice: macdonaldlaurier.ca/conservative-c…

I can appreciate the frustration behind this editorial, but the proposals are rather piecemeal and not likely to be as effective as hoped. Dennis Baker and I have proposed a more comprehensive small-c conservative approach to criminal justice. macdonaldlaurier.ca/conservative-c…

How effective is the SIU (Special Investigations Unit) in practice? In my new piece with Kate Puddister, we summarize some of the key insights from our latest research article published in Policing & Society!

I argue that s.33 should not be off limits in criminal justice, though it would also be helpful if Parliament had better data and a more thoughtful approach to rights analysis when making criminal justice policy. thehub.ca/2024/06/03/no-…

Authoritarian Judicial Activism: "in the #Venezuelan case, a court of last resort can still be ‘activist’ in more than one way, surviving and thriving as an authoritarian institution" I elaborate in ch 9 of our new book on Judicial Activism, details here peterlang.com/document/13236…