American Public Opinion and the Modern Supreme Court, 1930-2020 - A Representative Institution

Comparing over 500 Supreme Court decisions with timely nationwide poll questions, Thomas R. Marshall shows that most Supreme Court decisions agree with poll majorities or pluralities across time and across issues and often represent Americans' views to the same degree as federal policymakers.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Viewing the Supreme Court as a Representative Institution
Chapter 2: Measuring the Supreme Court's Representative Role
Chapter 3: The Norm of Representation
Chapter 4: The Justices' Representative Role
Chapter 5: Representing Group Opinions
Chapter 6: Representation, Public Opinion, and the Modern Court

About the author

Thomas R. Marshall is professor of political science at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Summary

Comparing over 500 Supreme Court decisions with timely nationwide poll questions, Thomas R. Marshall shows that most Supreme Court decisions agree with poll majorities or pluralities across time and across issues and often represent Americans’ views to the same degree as federal policymakers.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas R. Marshall, Marshall Thomas R.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781793623300
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-330-0
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, LAW / Courts, LAW / Government / Federal, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Government powers, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts & procedures