Sahar Abi-Hassan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4180179 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sahar Abi-Hassan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sahar |
| FAMILY NAME | Abi-Hassan |
| SIGNATURE | ABI-HASSAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tulsa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8342-7274 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Supply-Side Dynamics of the US Supreme Court Docket
Existing scholarship on US Supreme Court certiorari has largely centered on the demand side, prioritizing the internal motivations of justices. This approach often overlooks the broader supply-side perspective—the nature and evolution of the complete pool of petitions. This study addresses this gap by analyzing the universe of writs of certiorari from 1946 to 2019. Coding for petition date and origin, petitioner identity, and disposition, we trac…
The Signals of Unlikely Allies
Interest groups use amicus curiae briefs to supply courts with essential information while advocating for their political and policy preferences. Through these briefs, they form alliances with various interests, supporting either the liberal or conservative side of a case. The composition of these alliances – considering the status, prestige, and ideology of the involved interest groups – acts as a heuristic for justices, helping them prioritize …
The Downstream Effects of Certiorari
The majority opinion of the Supreme Court establishes precedent, but separate opinion writing affords the justices the ability to expound upon it or express their disagreement with the ruling or its logic. We broaden the exploration of separate opinion writing to consider how decisions and case features at the moment of granting cert shape justices’ decisions to engage in nonconsensual behavior. We also sharpen the focus on external actors to con…
The Ideologies of Organized Interests and Amicus Curiae Briefs
Interest group ideology is theoretically and empirically critical in the study of American politics, yet our measurement of this key concept is lacking both in scope and time. By leveraging network science and ideal point estimation, we provide a novel measure of ideology for amicus curiae briefs and organized interests with accompanying uncertainty estimates. Our Amicus Curiae Network scores cover more than 12,000 unique groups and more than 11,…
Populism and Gender
Despite the breadth and depth of inquiries into populism, its relationship with gender issues remains a widely understudied topic. On one hand, focus has been almost entirely on male leadership, despite the presence of a significant number of female populist leaders. On the other hand, procedural definitions of populism ignore the substantive and symbolic elements that emerge from a populist gendered discourse. Through a generalized discussion an…
The Ideologies of Organized Interests and Amicus Curiae Briefs
Interest group ideology is theoretically and empirically critical in the study of American politics, yet our measurement of this key concept is lacking both in scope and time. By leveraging network science and ideal point estimation, we provide a novel measure of ideology for amicus curiae briefs and organized interests with accompanying uncertainty estimates. Our Amicus Curiae Network scores cover more than 12,000 unique groups and more than 11,…
The Downstream Effects of Certiorari
The majority opinion of the Supreme Court establishes precedent, but separate opinion writing affords the justices the ability to expound upon it or express their disagreement with the ruling or its logic. We broaden the exploration of separate opinion writing to consider how decisions and case features at the moment of granting cert shape justices’ decisions to engage in nonconsensual behavior. We also sharpen the focus on external actors to con…
Populism and Gender
Despite the breadth and depth of inquiries into populism, its relationship with gender issues remains a widely understudied topic. On one hand, focus has been almost entirely on male leadership, despite the presence of a significant number of female populist leaders. On the other hand, procedural definitions of populism ignore the substantive and symbolic elements that emerge from a populist gendered discourse. Through a generalized discussion an…
The Ideologies of Organized Interests and Amicus Curiae Briefs
Interest group ideology is theoretically and empirically critical in the study of American politics, yet our measurement of this key concept is lacking both in scope and time. By leveraging network science and ideal point estimation, we provide a novel measure of ideology for amicus curiae briefs and organized interests with accompanying uncertainty estimates. Our Amicus Curiae Network scores cover more than 12,000 unique groups and more than 11,…
The Signals of Unlikely Allies
Interest groups use amicus curiae briefs to supply courts with essential information while advocating for their political and policy preferences. Through these briefs, they form alliances with various interests, supporting either the liberal or conservative side of a case. The composition of these alliances – considering the status, prestige, and ideology of the involved interest groups – acts as a heuristic for justices, helping them prioritize …
The Downstream Effects of Certiorari
The majority opinion of the Supreme Court establishes precedent, but separate opinion writing affords the justices the ability to expound upon it or express their disagreement with the ruling or its logic. We broaden the exploration of separate opinion writing to consider how decisions and case features at the moment of granting cert shape justices’ decisions to engage in nonconsensual behavior. We also sharpen the focus on external actors to con…
Supply-Side Dynamics of the US Supreme Court Docket
Existing scholarship on US Supreme Court certiorari has largely centered on the demand side, prioritizing the internal motivations of justices. This approach often overlooks the broader supply-side perspective—the nature and evolution of the complete pool of petitions. This study addresses this gap by analyzing the universe of writs of certiorari from 1946 to 2019. Coding for petition date and origin, petitioner identity, and disposition, we trac…
Judicial and Constitutional Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Supreme court (3 works) · Certiorari (2 works) · Ideal (ethics (2 works) · Ideology (2 works) · Law (2 works)