Public opinion and the Rehnquist court / Thomas R. Marshall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marshall, Thomas R., 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judicial process--United States--Public opinion.

Public opinion--United States.

United States. Supreme Court--Public opinion.

Rehnquist, William H., 1924-2005.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines the complex relationship between American public opinion and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Contents:

Intro

Public Opinion and the Rehnquist Court

Contents

Preface

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

1. Public Opinion and Supreme Court Policy-Making

A REPRESENTATIVE COURT?

HOW POLLSTERS VIEW THE COURT

JUDICIAL THEORIES OF PUBLIC OPINION

LINKING PUBLIC OPINION AND THE REHNQUIST COURT

CONCLUSION

2. Public Opinion and the Rehnquist Court

STUDYING REPRESENTATION

DATA RESULTS

THE STATE OF PUBLIC OPINION MODEL

THE FEDERAL POLICY MODEL

THE STATE/LOCAL POLICY MODEL

ALTERNATIVE LINKAGES

3. Judicial Norms, Representation,and Public Opinion

IDEOLOGY AND REPRESENTATION

POLL CORRECTION AND THE LOWER COURTS

JUDICIAL ACTIVISM, JUDICIAL RESTRAINT, AND REPRESENTATION

CASELOAD AND REPRESENTATION

4. Interest Groups, Representation,and Public Opinion

INTEREST GROUP LITIGATION AND PUBLIC OPINION

PUBLIC OPINION AND LITIGANT SUCCESS RATES

5. Justices and Representation

THE POLITICAL PARTIES AND IDEOLOGY MODEL

THE POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION MODEL

THE APPOINTMENTS PROCESS MODEL

THE JUDICIAL ROLES MODEL

THE TENURE AND AGING MODEL

THE REALIGNMENT MODEL

COMBINING THE PREDICTORS

6. Symbolic Representation and the Court

THE POLITICS OF SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION

SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION ON THE REHNQUIST COURT

7. Did the Rehnquist Court Influence Public Opinion?

PUBLIC IMPRESSIONS OF THE COURT

THE SHORT-TERM MANIPULATION MODEL

THE LONG-TERM MANIPULATION MODEL

8. Public Opinion and theTest of Time

SURVIVING THE TEST OF TIME

DATA ANALYSIS

9. An Empirical Model of Representation

THE MAJORITARIAN COURT

RECONSIDERING THE EVIDENCE

AN EMPIRICAL LINKAGE MODEL

APPENDIX ONE: Poll-to-Ruling Matches

APPENDIX TWO: List of Cases

Notes

Bibliography.

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-258) and index.

ISBN:

9780791478813

0791478815

9781435639003

1435639006

OCLC:

220137886