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Scholars have struggled for some time with the ability of the Supreme Court to influence public opinion on issues through its decisions. While the evidence on the Court’s ability to do so is decidedly mixed, one of the sources of confusion may be the general reluctance of authors to spell out the conditions under which the Supreme Court may be able to shape public opinion. Using survey data collected before and after three major Supreme Court decisions in the 2004 Court term, we test the conditions under which the Court has positive or structural effects on public opinion. We find that when Court decisions are accepted by elites, they are more able to move public opinion. Decisions that create conflicting elite response, however, appear to create only structural changes in public opinion. |
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Name: The Midwest Political Science Association
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/
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| Scott, Kevin. and Saunders, Kyle. "Courting Public Opinion: Supreme Court Impact on Public Opinion Reconsidered" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, Apr 20, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p139252_index.html> |
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| Scott, K. and Saunders, K. L. , 2006-04-20 "Courting Public Opinion: Supreme Court Impact on Public Opinion Reconsidered" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p139252_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Scholars have struggled for some time with the ability of the Supreme Court to influence public opinion on issues through its decisions. While the evidence on the Court’s ability to do so is decidedly mixed, one of the sources of confusion may be the general reluctance of authors to spell out the conditions under which the Supreme Court may be able to shape public opinion. Using survey data collected before and after three major Supreme Court decisions in the 2004 Court term, we test the conditions under which the Court has positive or structural effects on public opinion. We find that when Court decisions are accepted by elites, they are more able to move public opinion. Decisions that create conflicting elite response, however, appear to create only structural changes in public opinion. |
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| Courting Public Opinion: Supreme Court Impact on Public Opinion Reconsidered†Kevin M. Scott Department of Political Science Texas Tech University kevin.scott@ttu.edu Kyle L. Saunders Department of Political Science Colorado State University Kyle.Saunders@ColoState.edu †Prepared for Presentation at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association Chicago IL April 19-22 2006. This research has been supported by the National Science Foundation (SES-0519608). Any opinions findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and |
| 0.377 (1.634) Murder Rate*Post Decision -0.010 (2.221) Median Education in County 0.312* (0.138) Median Education*Post Decision -0.113 (0.198) Median Household Income in County -0.000 (0.000) Median Income*Post Decision 0.000 (0.000) Constant -3.464 (1.795) 34 |
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