Symbolic versus Policy Representation on the U.S. Supreme Court
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7409299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas R Marshall (The University of Texas at Arlington, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 140-150 |
| Publication date | 1993-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3816 • E-ISSN: 1468-2508 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2132232 |
| OpenAlex | W2043782858 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 9 |
Presidents often pick Supreme Court justices at least in part for their symbolic appeal to geographic, sex, racial, religious, or partisan groups. Whether these symbolic appointees actually represent group attitudes particularly well during their tenure on the Court, however, has not yet been examined. Evidence from 107 rulings during the Warren, Burger, and Rehnquist Courts indicates that most symbolic appointees to the Courts do not vote for their own group's attitudes on specific Court cases any more often than do their remaining brethren. Symbolic appointees have not typically been "faithful delegates
Appeal · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Supreme court · The Symbolic · Academic Freedom and Politics · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Psychology
The symbolic uses of politics
American Public Opinion
Personal Attribute Models of the Voting Behavior of U.S. Supreme Court Justices
Social Backgrounds and Judicial Decisions
Party politics in America
Time Binding and Theory Building in Personal Attribute Models of Supreme Court Voting Behavior, 1916-88
Are Social Background Models Time-Bound
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2019 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |