Examines the complex relationship between American public opinion and the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Public Opinion and the Rehnquist Court offers the most thorough evidence yet in favor of the U.S. Supreme Court representing public opinion. Thomas R. Marshall analyzes more than two thousand nationwide public opinion polls during the Rehnquist Court era and argues that a clear majority of Supreme Court decisions agree with public opinion. He explains that the Court represents American attitudes when public opinion is well informed on a dispute and when the U.S. Solicitor General takes a position agreeing with poll majorities. He also finds that certain justices best represent public opinion and that the Court uses its review powers over the state and federal courts to bring judicial decision making back in line with public opinion. Finally, Marshall observes that unpopular Supreme Court decisions simply do not endure as long as do popular decisions.
"This is an excellent, well-written, and important book. Not only is it comprehensive in its examination of opinions rendered by the Supreme Court, but it is also comprehensive with respect to the relevant literature produced by Supreme Court scholars and with a clear understanding of said literature." -- Charles D. Hadley, coauthor of Women's PACs: Abortion and Elections
"Marshall constructs a well-developed set of models, which are effectively used for organizing previous studies and as the framework for his own research. This is an important addition to the fields of `law and courts' and public opinion." -- Stephen L. Wasby, author of The Supreme Court in the Federal Judicial System
About the Author
Thomas R. Marshall is Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is the author of Presidential Nominations in a Reform Age and Public Opinion and the Supreme Court.
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judicial norms, agreement scores, poll correction, federal policy model, agreement with public opinion, two black justices, interest group amici, poll shifts, realignment thesis, cert denials, public opinion model, challenged federal laws, holdover justices, symbolic nominations, fourteen justices, nationwide public opinion, symbolic representation model, poll item, poll margin, realignment period, pairwise method, interest group positions, majority public opinion, poll questions, presidential confidant Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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judicial norms, agreement scores, poll correction, federal policy model, agreement with public opinion, two black justices, interest group amici, poll shifts, realignment thesis, cert denials, public opinion model, challenged federal laws, holdover justices, symbolic nominations, fourteen justices, nationwide public opinion, symbolic representation model, poll item, poll margin, realignment period, pairwise method, interest group positions, majority public opinion, poll questions, presidential confidant Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rehnquist Court, Supreme Court, Gallup Poll, White House, First Amendment, Chief Justice Rehnquist, New Deal, Justice Thomas, Burger Court, South Carolina, Fourteenth Amendment, Justice Marshall, Justice Scalia, Roper Archive, Clarence Thomas, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, City of New York, Justice O'Connor, United States, Sandra Day O'Connor, Harriet Miers, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Harvard Law Review, Jewish Americans, Justice Ginsburg Browse Sample Pages:
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