Mikel Norris
Biographic Data
| ID | 4374574 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mikel Norris |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mikel |
| FAMILY NAME | Norris |
| SIGNATURE | NORRIS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Coastal Carolina University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8439-8869 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Cognitive Decline on the Bench: A Text Analysis of the Opinions of Justice Stephen Field
This paper uses text analysis to understand how cognitive decline affected the opinion writing of Justice Stephen Field over the course of his career. Justice Field is used as a case study because of his lengthy tenure, the fact he did not have law clerks to write opinions for him, and because it is widely known he was senile for the last part of his career. The results show that the onset of his senility altered lexical and syntactic elements of…
Justice Bork, or, be careful which supreme court nominees you choose to fight
Objective This study uses counterfactual analysis to assess whether a hypothetical Supreme Court with Robert Bork as a member would have decided cases differently than the actual Supreme Court. Methods I utilize both a qualitative analysis, and a quantitative Bayesian counterfactual model to predict Supreme Court case outcomes from 1988 to 2012. Results The results show that several salient cases would have been decided differently, most of the d…
Beyond Consensus: Gender, Chief Justices, and Leadership on State Supreme Courts
Previous research on differences in male and female leadership attribute consensus formation to female leadership styles. However, I argue that consensus in the context of chief justice leadership is more akin to male forms of leadership. Proceeding from Meier and O'Toole's theory of public management, I argue in this article that female chief justices should value consensus less than other duties and responsibilities. I test hypotheses using a s…
Women Rule: Gendered Leadership and State Supreme Court Chief Justice Selection
While women are underrepresented in many political institutions and leadership positions, nearly half of state supreme court chief justices are women. Is there something about the role of state supreme court justice that facilitates the recruitment of women to this important political position? We examine whether the selection of a woman chief is driven by the court's institutional need for women's leadership style or simply the supply of qualifi…
The Economic Roots of External Efficacy: Assessing the Relationship between External Political Efficacy and Income Inequality
External political efficacy, the belief that government is responsive to the demands of its citizens, has been declining in the United States since the 1960s. However, scholars do not yet fully understand the reasons for its decline. Nor have they found suitable explanations for why it fluctuates within the electorate. Drawing on the growing literature on the effects of income inequality on public policy, I posit that increasing income inequality…
The Economic Roots of External Efficacy: Assessing the Relationship between External Political Efficacy and Income Inequality
External political efficacy, the belief that government is responsive to the demands of its citizens, has been declining in the United States since the 1960s. However, scholars do not yet fully understand the reasons for its decline. Nor have they found suitable explanations for why it fluctuates within the electorate. Drawing on the growing literature on the effects of income inequality on public policy, I posit that increasing income inequality…
Women Rule: Gendered Leadership and State Supreme Court Chief Justice Selection
While women are underrepresented in many political institutions and leadership positions, nearly half of state supreme court chief justices are women. Is there something about the role of state supreme court justice that facilitates the recruitment of women to this important political position? We examine whether the selection of a woman chief is driven by the court's institutional need for women's leadership style or simply the supply of qualifi…
Beyond Consensus: Gender, Chief Justices, and Leadership on State Supreme Courts
Previous research on differences in male and female leadership attribute consensus formation to female leadership styles. However, I argue that consensus in the context of chief justice leadership is more akin to male forms of leadership. Proceeding from Meier and O'Toole's theory of public management, I argue in this article that female chief justices should value consensus less than other duties and responsibilities. I test hypotheses using a s…
The Economic Roots of External Efficacy: Assessing the Relationship between External Political Efficacy and Income Inequality
External political efficacy, the belief that government is responsive to the demands of its citizens, has been declining in the United States since the 1960s. However, scholars do not yet fully understand the reasons for its decline. Nor have they found suitable explanations for why it fluctuates within the electorate. Drawing on the growing literature on the effects of income inequality on public policy, I posit that increasing income inequality…
Women Rule: Gendered Leadership and State Supreme Court Chief Justice Selection
While women are underrepresented in many political institutions and leadership positions, nearly half of state supreme court chief justices are women. Is there something about the role of state supreme court justice that facilitates the recruitment of women to this important political position? We examine whether the selection of a woman chief is driven by the court's institutional need for women's leadership style or simply the supply of qualifi…
Beyond Consensus: Gender, Chief Justices, and Leadership on State Supreme Courts
Previous research on differences in male and female leadership attribute consensus formation to female leadership styles. However, I argue that consensus in the context of chief justice leadership is more akin to male forms of leadership. Proceeding from Meier and O'Toole's theory of public management, I argue in this article that female chief justices should value consensus less than other duties and responsibilities. I test hypotheses using a s…
Justice Bork, or, be careful which supreme court nominees you choose to fight
Objective This study uses counterfactual analysis to assess whether a hypothetical Supreme Court with Robert Bork as a member would have decided cases differently than the actual Supreme Court. Methods I utilize both a qualitative analysis, and a quantitative Bayesian counterfactual model to predict Supreme Court case outcomes from 1988 to 2012. Results The results show that several salient cases would have been decided differently, most of the d…
Cognitive Decline on the Bench: A Text Analysis of the Opinions of Justice Stephen Field
This paper uses text analysis to understand how cognitive decline affected the opinion writing of Justice Stephen Field over the course of his career. Justice Field is used as a case study because of his lengthy tenure, the fact he did not have law clerks to write opinions for him, and because it is widely known he was senile for the last part of his career. The results show that the onset of his senility altered lexical and syntactic elements of…
Political science (4 works) · Economic Justice (3 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (3 works) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · State (computer science (3 works) · Supreme court (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Ideology (2 works)