Dion Farganis
Biographic Data
| ID | 1493397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dion Farganis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dion |
| FAMILY NAME | Farganis |
| SIGNATURE | FARGANIS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Elon University, Elon, NC, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Do Reasons Matter? The Impact of Opinion Content on Supreme Court Legitimacy
Is Supreme Court legitimacy affected by the way justices explain their decisions to the public? Existing work shows a link between legitimacy and case outcomes but often overlooks the impact of opinion content. Using a novel experimental design, the author measures the effect of three different types of judicial arguments on public support for the Court. The results suggest that the rationales used by justices in their opinions can affect institu…
No Hints, No Forecasts, No Previews: An Empirical Analysis of Supreme Court Nominee Candor from Harlan to Kagan
Criticism of Supreme Court confirmation hearings has intensified considerably over the past two decades. In particular, there is a growing sense that nominees are now less forthcoming and that the hearings have suffered as a result. In this article, we challenge that conventional wisdom. Based on a comprehensive content analysis of every question and answer in all of the modern confirmation hearings—nearly 11,000 in total—we find only a mild decl…
Do Reasons Matter? The Impact of Opinion Content on Supreme Court Legitimacy
Is Supreme Court legitimacy affected by the way justices explain their decisions to the public? Existing work shows a link between legitimacy and case outcomes but often overlooks the impact of opinion content. Using a novel experimental design, the author measures the effect of three different types of judicial arguments on public support for the Court. The results suggest that the rationales used by justices in their opinions can affect institu…
No Hints, No Forecasts, No Previews: An Empirical Analysis of Supreme Court Nominee Candor from Harlan to Kagan
Criticism of Supreme Court confirmation hearings has intensified considerably over the past two decades. In particular, there is a growing sense that nominees are now less forthcoming and that the hearings have suffered as a result. In this article, we challenge that conventional wisdom. Based on a comprehensive content analysis of every question and answer in all of the modern confirmation hearings—nearly 11,000 in total—we find only a mild decl…
No Hints, No Forecasts, No Previews: An Empirical Analysis of Supreme Court Nominee Candor from Harlan to Kagan
Criticism of Supreme Court confirmation hearings has intensified considerably over the past two decades. In particular, there is a growing sense that nominees are now less forthcoming and that the hearings have suffered as a result. In this article, we challenge that conventional wisdom. Based on a comprehensive content analysis of every question and answer in all of the modern confirmation hearings—nearly 11,000 in total—we find only a mild decl…
Do Reasons Matter? The Impact of Opinion Content on Supreme Court Legitimacy
Is Supreme Court legitimacy affected by the way justices explain their decisions to the public? Existing work shows a link between legitimacy and case outcomes but often overlooks the impact of opinion content. Using a novel experimental design, the author measures the effect of three different types of judicial arguments on public support for the Court. The results suggest that the rationales used by justices in their opinions can affect institu…
Judicial and Constitutional Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works) · Legal Education and Practice Innovations (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Supreme court (2 works) · Criticism (1 works) · Judicial opinion (1 works)