Faculty Experts
Thomas M. Keck
Thomas M. Keck is the Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics and Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
Dr. Keck is the author of Judicial Politics in Polarized Times and The Most Activist Supreme Court in History, as well as articles in the American Political Science Review, Constitutional Studies,Law and Society Review, and Law and Social Inquiry. He is currently leading an NSF-funded project on the political beneficiaries of free expression jurisprudence worldwide.
As holder of the Sawyer Chair since 2009, he directs the Sawyer Law and Politics Program (SLAPP), an interdisciplinary initiative devoted to advancing teaching and research in the field of law and politics. SLAPP hosts a regular seminar series in which leading law-and-politics experts from around the country present their current research, and it also provides funding for doctoral students in the Maxwell School’s political science program who are pursuing law-and-politics research of their own.
He is also a Senior Research Associate at the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.
Related Stories and Coverage
-
Media Tip Sheets
Featured Media Coverage – Week of Sept. 11
Friday, September 15, 2023, By Vanessa Marquette -
Media Tip Sheets
Anti-drag and anti-trans legislation at the state level. Will federal courts do anything?
Friday, March 3, 2023, By Ellen Mbuqe -
Newsweek
Stephen Breyer’s Retirement ‘Keeps the Court in Headlines’ for Midterms Season
Friday, January 28, 2022, By Lily Datz -
WAER
Justice Breyer’s retirement is a critical moment for Liberals
Thursday, January 27, 2022, By Lily Datz -
Media, Law & Policy
‘Biden is Considering Overhauling the Supreme Court. That’s Happened During Every Crisis in US Democracy’
Thursday, April 15, 2021, By Lily Datz -
Media, Law & Policy
‘What’s the Point of Impeachment? ‘To Lay Down a Marker for History’’
Monday, February 22, 2021, By Lily Datz -
The Christian Science Monitor
“Four impeachments, zero removals: Signs of cracks in Constitution?”
Wednesday, February 17, 2021, By Lily Datz -
Sinclair Broadcast Group
“As Trump spotlights judicial nominations, Biden offers little insight on his plans”
Tuesday, September 15, 2020, By Lily Datz -
Washington Post
Political Science Professor Writes Washington Post Piece on Supreme Court
Tuesday, November 20, 2018, By Sean Dorcellus -
Associated Press
Past Completely Conservative Supreme Court Consequences Becomes Instructive Today
Wednesday, August 22, 2018, By Essence Britt