Citizens, courts, and confirmations : positivity theory and the judgments of the American people / / James L. Gibson and Gregory A. Caldeira.

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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:xiv, 178 p. :; ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the public and supreme court nominations
  • Knowing about courts
  • The popular legitimacy of the United States Supreme Court
  • Institutional loyalty, positivity bias, and the Alito nomination
  • A dynamic test of the positivity bias hypothesis
  • Concluding thoughts, theory, and policy.