Matthew Montgomery
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4044246 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Matthew Montgomery |
| PRENOMES | Matthew |
| SOBRENOME | Montgomery |
| ASSINATURA | MONTGOMERY M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Georgia State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5183-4457 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2018 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
The Power of Presidential Partisanship
Recent years have seen a rise in calls to reform the supreme court. We conducted a novel survey experiment in which we presented framed messages highlighting executive rhetoric about both negative outcomes at the court and support for adding term limits to justice's time on the bench. We vary whether these comments are attributed to government officials, former President Trump, or President Biden. We predict that copartisans react to the framed m…
Party Time
Objective This study assessed how different types of framed media messages—nonpartisan, partisan, and mixed—affect public support for Supreme Court reform, specifically the proposal to add justices to the bench (Court packing). Methods We conducted a pre‐registered survey experiment with approximately 1500 respondents recruited via Prolific. Participants were randomly assigned to one of seven conditions, including a control, nonpartisan‐only, par…
When the potted plants are missing
Among all the institutions or organizations who give file briefs or petition the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Solicitor General (SG) may be the most powerful. It is well documented that petitions with the support of the SG are much more likely to be granted certiorari, and, if the SG advocates a decision, the Court is likely to decide in a likeminded manner. We examine what influence judicial attendance at the State of the Union (SOTU) may have o…
Executives Strike Back
Recently there have been extraordinary instances of public and political elite complaints toward the Supreme Court. Through a survey experiment, we find that when respondents read that a copartisan executive is offended by recent Supreme Court decisions and threatening to ignore future decisions, respondents increase their support of executives’ not complying with and going public against the Court. Additionally, we find that partisans reward can…
Reforming the Bench
Approval of the Supreme Court recently hit its lowest point in decades. Calls for reforming the Court have gained traction as a result. In this study, we look at how media framing can influence public support for two specific reforms: Court packing and term limits. In a survey experiment, we provide respondents with either a pro-, anti-, or mixed-valence framed message about one of these two reforms. We find support for the proposition that media…
How low can we go
Objective We study what happens to individuals’ perceptions of the Supreme Court when they learn that public approval is high or low for the Court. We are interested in observing whether awareness of low(high) popular support for the Court can lead to further decreases(increases) in individual evaluations of the Court. Methods We construct a survey experiment with six conditions, including a control. Each condition displays a news headline indivi…
Rigid rules and slippery standards
Objective This research develops a new theoretical framework that explains how the U.S. Supreme Court's decision between a rigid rule and a flexible standard influences compliance with the decisions of state high courts over time. Methods To assess the effects of doctrinal rules and standards on state court compliance, we apply our theoretical framework to an examination of state court responses to Miller v. California (1973) and Atkins v. Virgin…
Seeking Information
The State of the Union represents an opportunity for the president to share policy goals with other political actors. Thus, the State of the Union can proxy how much information the Court has about executive preferences when receiving a case. We find that the less time a president devotes to a policy area, the more likely the Court is to issue a request for a brief in a case dealing with that issue area. This finding indicates that the Court is c…
Presidential Rhetoric and U.S. Supreme Court Rulings
Little is known about how the public responds to presidential statements on Supreme Court decisions. We argue that the president can serve as a source cue for both supporters and nonsupporters, shaping their opinions about the Supreme Court. This study offers a novel experimental test of presidential impact on individual assessments of the Court and potential sanctions. Our results suggest that individuals who approve of the president are likely …
Merging Undergraduate Teaching, Graduate Training, and Producing Research
Teaching undergraduate students, mentoring graduate students, and generating publishable research are distinct tasks for many political scientists. This article highlights lessons for merging these activities through experiences from an initiative that sparked a series of collaborative-research projects focused on opinions about crime and punishment in the United States. This article describes three collaborative projects conducted between 2015 a…
Presidential Rhetoric and U.S. Supreme Court Rulings
Little is known about how the public responds to presidential statements on Supreme Court decisions. We argue that the president can serve as a source cue for both supporters and nonsupporters, shaping their opinions about the Supreme Court. This study offers a novel experimental test of presidential impact on individual assessments of the Court and potential sanctions. Our results suggest that individuals who approve of the president are likely …
Reforming the Bench
Approval of the Supreme Court recently hit its lowest point in decades. Calls for reforming the Court have gained traction as a result. In this study, we look at how media framing can influence public support for two specific reforms: Court packing and term limits. In a survey experiment, we provide respondents with either a pro-, anti-, or mixed-valence framed message about one of these two reforms. We find support for the proposition that media…
Rigid rules and slippery standards
Objective This research develops a new theoretical framework that explains how the U.S. Supreme Court's decision between a rigid rule and a flexible standard influences compliance with the decisions of state high courts over time. Methods To assess the effects of doctrinal rules and standards on state court compliance, we apply our theoretical framework to an examination of state court responses to Miller v. California (1973) and Atkins v. Virgin…
Seeking Information
The State of the Union represents an opportunity for the president to share policy goals with other political actors. Thus, the State of the Union can proxy how much information the Court has about executive preferences when receiving a case. We find that the less time a president devotes to a policy area, the more likely the Court is to issue a request for a brief in a case dealing with that issue area. This finding indicates that the Court is c…
Merging Undergraduate Teaching, Graduate Training, and Producing Research
Teaching undergraduate students, mentoring graduate students, and generating publishable research are distinct tasks for many political scientists. This article highlights lessons for merging these activities through experiences from an initiative that sparked a series of collaborative-research projects focused on opinions about crime and punishment in the United States. This article describes three collaborative projects conducted between 2015 a…
Merging Undergraduate Teaching, Graduate Training, and Producing Research
Teaching undergraduate students, mentoring graduate students, and generating publishable research are distinct tasks for many political scientists. This article highlights lessons for merging these activities through experiences from an initiative that sparked a series of collaborative-research projects focused on opinions about crime and punishment in the United States. This article describes three collaborative projects conducted between 2015 a…
Presidential Rhetoric and U.S. Supreme Court Rulings
Little is known about how the public responds to presidential statements on Supreme Court decisions. We argue that the president can serve as a source cue for both supporters and nonsupporters, shaping their opinions about the Supreme Court. This study offers a novel experimental test of presidential impact on individual assessments of the Court and potential sanctions. Our results suggest that individuals who approve of the president are likely …
Seeking Information
The State of the Union represents an opportunity for the president to share policy goals with other political actors. Thus, the State of the Union can proxy how much information the Court has about executive preferences when receiving a case. We find that the less time a president devotes to a policy area, the more likely the Court is to issue a request for a brief in a case dealing with that issue area. This finding indicates that the Court is c…
Rigid rules and slippery standards
Objective This research develops a new theoretical framework that explains how the U.S. Supreme Court's decision between a rigid rule and a flexible standard influences compliance with the decisions of state high courts over time. Methods To assess the effects of doctrinal rules and standards on state court compliance, we apply our theoretical framework to an examination of state court responses to Miller v. California (1973) and Atkins v. Virgin…
How low can we go
Objective We study what happens to individuals’ perceptions of the Supreme Court when they learn that public approval is high or low for the Court. We are interested in observing whether awareness of low(high) popular support for the Court can lead to further decreases(increases) in individual evaluations of the Court. Methods We construct a survey experiment with six conditions, including a control. Each condition displays a news headline indivi…
Executives Strike Back
Recently there have been extraordinary instances of public and political elite complaints toward the Supreme Court. Through a survey experiment, we find that when respondents read that a copartisan executive is offended by recent Supreme Court decisions and threatening to ignore future decisions, respondents increase their support of executives’ not complying with and going public against the Court. Additionally, we find that partisans reward can…
Reforming the Bench
Approval of the Supreme Court recently hit its lowest point in decades. Calls for reforming the Court have gained traction as a result. In this study, we look at how media framing can influence public support for two specific reforms: Court packing and term limits. In a survey experiment, we provide respondents with either a pro-, anti-, or mixed-valence framed message about one of these two reforms. We find support for the proposition that media…
The Power of Presidential Partisanship
Recent years have seen a rise in calls to reform the supreme court. We conducted a novel survey experiment in which we presented framed messages highlighting executive rhetoric about both negative outcomes at the court and support for adding term limits to justice's time on the bench. We vary whether these comments are attributed to government officials, former President Trump, or President Biden. We predict that copartisans react to the framed m…
Party Time
Objective This study assessed how different types of framed media messages—nonpartisan, partisan, and mixed—affect public support for Supreme Court reform, specifically the proposal to add justices to the bench (Court packing). Methods We conducted a pre‐registered survey experiment with approximately 1500 respondents recruited via Prolific. Participants were randomly assigned to one of seven conditions, including a control, nonpartisan‐only, par…
When the potted plants are missing
Among all the institutions or organizations who give file briefs or petition the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Solicitor General (SG) may be the most powerful. It is well documented that petitions with the support of the SG are much more likely to be granted certiorari, and, if the SG advocates a decision, the Court is likely to decide in a likeminded manner. We examine what influence judicial attendance at the State of the Union (SOTU) may have o…
Political science (10 obras) · Law (9 obras) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (8 obras) · Politics (7 obras) · Supreme court (7 obras) · Legal and Constitutional Studies (6 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Psychology (4 obras) · Certiorari (3 obras) · Computer Science (3 obras)