Policy Preferences of Justices and Presidents
The Case of Civil Rights
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6090490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward V Heck (University of New Orleans, corresponding author), Steven A Shull (University of New Orleans, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 327-338 |
| Publication date | 1982-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9930.1982.tb00279.x |
| OpenAlex | W1892890969 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 2 |
Focusing on the issue of civil rights, this study examines the relationship between policy preferences of presidents and the votes of the Supreme Court justices they appointed. Through content analysis of presidential statements, relatively systematic measures of civil rights policy views for five recent presidents were obtained and compared with the voting records on civil rights of justices they appointed to the Supreme Court. The findings suggest that although a correspondence exists between presidential preferences and judicial votes, presidents have been only moderately successful in appointing justices whose votes reflect presidential preferences
Civil rights · Economics · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Supreme court · Supreme Court Decisions · Voting · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2008 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |