No Hints, No Forecasts, No Previews
An Empirical Analysis of Supreme Court Nominee Candor from Harlan to Kagan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7907003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dion Farganis (Elon University), Justin Wedeking (0000-0002-3438-225X, University of Kentucky) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 525-559 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Society Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-9216 • E-ISSN: 1540-5893 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2011.00443.x |
| OpenAlex | W1697692346 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 15 |
Criticism of Supreme Court confirmation hearings has intensified considerably over the past two decades. In particular, there is a growing sense that nominees are now less forthcoming and that the hearings have suffered as a result. In this article, we challenge that conventional wisdom. Based on a comprehensive content analysis of every question and answer in all of the modern confirmation hearings—nearly 11,000 in total—we find only a mild decline in the candor of recent nominees. Moreover, we find that senators ask more probing questions than in the past, and that nominees are now more explicit about their reasons when they choose not to respond—two factors that may be fueling the perception that evasiveness has increased in recent years. We close with a discussion of the normative implications of our findings as well as an outline for future research into this issue
Criticism · Law and economics · Normative · Perception · Political science · Sociology · Supreme court · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Psychology
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The Maintenance of Institutional Legitimacy in Supreme Court Justices’ Public Rhetoric
Analyzing the Rhetoric of Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
Walk this way, talk this way
The Impact of Divided Government on the Supreme Court Appointment Process
A Case for Supreme Court Term Limits? The Changing Ideological Relationship between Appointing Presidents and Supreme Court Justices
Judicial Ambition and the Crafting of Law
The Institutionalization of Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
A Handmaid’s Tale
Individual Scrutiny or Politics as Usual? Senatorial Assessment of U.S. District Court Nominees
Questioning Judges with a Questionable Process
Unchained Succubus
Social Imagery and Judicial Legitimacy
Motivated Reasoning and Attitudes Towards Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
Judging the “Vapid and Hollow Charade
Confirmation Messes, Old and New
The tempting of America
The Usefulness of Senate Confirmation Hearings for Judicial Nominees
Seeking Justices
Recovering a Basic Space From a Set of Issue Scales
To Advise and Consent
Priming Effects in Complex Information Environments
The Changing Dynamics of Senate Voting on Supreme Court Nominees
The Senate Judiciary Committee and Supreme Court Nominees
Senate Confirmation of Supreme Court Justices
From Abe Fortas to Zoë Baird
Jurisprudential Regimes in Supreme Court Decision Making
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |