“I stayed up late myself, but I still turned up for class,” Ryan quipped.

In Historical Study B-61, “The Warren Court and the Pursuit of Justice, 1953–1969,” Warren Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School Morton J. Horwitz opened his class yesterday with a discussion of how Bush’s re-election would affect the Supreme Court, particularly Justice appointments and interpretations of cases such as Roe v. Wade.

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Though Horwitz said Bush would likely nominate conservative appointees, Julie Ann Crommett ’08 said the professor was diligent about not divulging his personal views.

Ryan said she too tried to hide her feelings in Stat 100, but questioned her success. “I felt I should be non-partisan but I probably showed I was disappointed,” she said. “I tried not to show it too much.”

“Colleagues I have talked to are mostly disappointed but I wouldn’t say shocked,” said Government Associate Professor Barry C. Burden. “There is less Monday morning quarterbacking going on today. In 2000, it looked like it was Gore’s election to lose. I don’t think that people now are trying to sense what Kerry did wrong. In this election, the voters spoke and their message came out strong.”

Hillygus, who teaches “Campaigns and Elections,” said that her pro-Kerry colleagues’ ability to correctly predict a Bush victory offered them some solace. “There was a little bit of consolation in that,” she said. “Political scientists got it right this time.”

—Staff writer Faryl W. Ury can be reached at ury@fas.harvard.edu.