What motivates political actors with diverging interests to respect the Supreme Court's
authority? A popular answer is that the public serves as the guardian of judicial …

Previous research focused on popular US Supreme Court rulings expanding rights;
however, less is known about rulings running against prevailing public opinion and …

How do Americans evaluate potential US Supreme Court candidates? Using a novel, two-
part conjoint experiment, I show that respondents put high importance on the political …

The 2016 presidential election provided a unique opportunity to revisit two competing
hypotheses for how voters establish their perceptions of electoral integrity. First, mass public …

In light of growing concern regarding the policing of inner-city communities—including
questionable incidents of use of force—equipping officers with body-worn cameras (BWCs) …

Judicial politics scholars are currently engaged in a debate over whether policy
disagreement with the Supreme Court causes individuals to view the Court as less …

We develop and assess an account of ideological asymmetries in public support for the
Supreme Court. We find that specific support for the Supreme Court is more strongly …

This paper introduces a new perspective into the literature on judicial legitimacy by
examining the incentives for courts to cater to a popular majority and offering a novel model …

In examining public evaluations of governing institutions, are job approval and legitimacy
related? This question has dominated scholarship on Supreme Court legitimacy for …

The US Supreme Court is the chief institution responsible for guarding minority rights and
equality under the law, yet, in order to function authoritatively, the Court depends on a …