The Impact of Judicial Activism on Public Opinion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6230395 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Lehne, John Reynolds (0000-0002-0885-4460) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 896 |
| Publication date | 1978-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2110597 |
| OpenAlex | W2330265099 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 8 |
This research note explores the impact of judicial activism on public opinion by examining citizen evaluations of a state court system deeply involved in a highly political controversy. Data are derived from four surveys of New Jersey citizens conducted at different stages of the controversy. The note first appraises the prominence of the state supreme court and gauges the degree of public approval, and then it identifies and analyzes the correlates of the affective attitudes. The study is guided by familiar hypotheses from the empirical analysis of public support for the United States Supreme Court
Empirical research · Judicial activism · Judicial opinion · Majority opinion · Political activism · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · State (computer science · State supreme court · Supreme court · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Law, Rights, and Freedoms · Public Administration
Public Opinion and the U.S. Supreme Court
Judicial Consensus and Public Opinion
Differential public support and the independence of anti-corruption agencies
The Etiology of Public Support for the Supreme Court
Homegrown Institutional Legitimacy
Support for the Supreme Court as a National Policymaker
Political Trust and Judicial Retention Elections
Campaigning for the Bench
Understandings of Justice
Judicial reasoning, individual cultural types, and support for Covid-19 vaccine mandates
The Supreme Court as a Countermajoritarian Institution? The Impact of Public Opinion on Supreme Court Decisions
Neither the Purse Nor the Sword
Representatives and Represented
Supreme Courts in State Politics
The Role of the Supreme Court in American Government
The Quest for Justice
Prayer in the Public Schools
The Political Party Basis of Attitudes Toward the Supreme Court
The Theory of Presidential Association
Public Opinion and Federal Judicial Policy
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2024 (42) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |