| December Wed, 2023
Advocates say political will is missing in push for police reforms
“Because our elected officials are essentially beholden to the image of being tough on crime, and therefore supporting the police almost irrespective of what actions are committed by various law enforcement officers … we’re in this kind of impasse and it’s been that way for many decades,” said Saladin Ambar, professor of political science at Rutgers University and senior scholar at the Rutgers Eagleton Center on the American Governor.
| November Tue, 2023
Shields will lead Eagleton’s center on U.S. governors
The Eagleton Center on the American Governor has named Kristoffer Shields, a historian and political science professor, as its new director.
| October Mon, 2023
Ex-NJ Gov. Christie holds 2-hour town hall in New Hampshire in bid for presidential nomination
Dr. Saladin Ambar is a political science professor at the Rutgers Eagleton Institute of Politics. He studied Christie as governor through the Rutgers Center on the American Governor. “He was doing something Trump-like before Trump was even a real serious contender. So I think he appeals to that spirit of fighting,” Ambar says.
| October Mon, 2023
Wisconsin governor employs partial veto to fund schools for 4 centuries
Kristoffer Shields, program manager of Rutgers University's Eagleton Center on the American Governor, agreed. "I think it'll be a really interesting conversation, moving forward, to see how comfortable people are with the executive being able to make a decision like that", Shields said. 'I'm really curious to see if this turns into a movement to restrict the power in Wisconsin, or if this blows over."