Why do some Republican Supreme Court Justices evolve over time, becoming more liberal than they were - or at least more liberal than they were generally thought likely to be - when they were appointed, while others prove to be every bit as conservative as expected? Although idiosyncratic factors undoubtedly play some role, for every Republican nominee since President Nixon took office, federal executive branch service has been a reliable predictor. Nominees without it have proved moderate or liberal, while those with it have been steadfastly conservative. This Essay demonstrates the correlation for all twelve Republican appointees during this period and hypothesizes a selection effect: important legal positions in Republican Administrations...
Empiricists routinely explain politically sensitive decisions of the U.S. federal courts through the...
Presidents play the critical role in determining who will serve as justices on the Supreme Court and...
As the rampant speculation preceding Justice Kennedy’s retirement made clear, it is difficult to pre...
Why do some Republican Supreme Court Justices evolve over time, becoming more liberal than they were...
Despite the widespread perception that judges are not political beings and should rule in an imparti...
For approximately the past forty years, Republican Presidents have appointed younger Justices than h...
When Richard Nixon became president in 1969, he had laid out a conservative agenda for shaping the f...
The inauguration of President Bill Clinton, who will appoint more than three hundred new federal jud...
When President George W. Bush declared that his Supreme Court nominee, Harriet E. Miers, was "not go...
The modern trend of appointing judges from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to the U.S. Supreme Co...
While the U.S. Senate is now unable to make use of the filibuster to delay judicial nominees to fede...
In recent years, we have come to expect the debate over Supreme Court nominations to reflect ideolog...
Using data from 1802 to 2004, I show that U.S. Courts of Appeals judges are less likely to retire in...
Principles of apoliticality and personal disinterestedness subtend the American judiciary’s claims t...
Ideological drift is the phenomenon in which an actor shifts their original political stance to the ...
Empiricists routinely explain politically sensitive decisions of the U.S. federal courts through the...
Presidents play the critical role in determining who will serve as justices on the Supreme Court and...
As the rampant speculation preceding Justice Kennedy’s retirement made clear, it is difficult to pre...
Why do some Republican Supreme Court Justices evolve over time, becoming more liberal than they were...
Despite the widespread perception that judges are not political beings and should rule in an imparti...
For approximately the past forty years, Republican Presidents have appointed younger Justices than h...
When Richard Nixon became president in 1969, he had laid out a conservative agenda for shaping the f...
The inauguration of President Bill Clinton, who will appoint more than three hundred new federal jud...
When President George W. Bush declared that his Supreme Court nominee, Harriet E. Miers, was "not go...
The modern trend of appointing judges from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to the U.S. Supreme Co...
While the U.S. Senate is now unable to make use of the filibuster to delay judicial nominees to fede...
In recent years, we have come to expect the debate over Supreme Court nominations to reflect ideolog...
Using data from 1802 to 2004, I show that U.S. Courts of Appeals judges are less likely to retire in...
Principles of apoliticality and personal disinterestedness subtend the American judiciary’s claims t...
Ideological drift is the phenomenon in which an actor shifts their original political stance to the ...
Empiricists routinely explain politically sensitive decisions of the U.S. federal courts through the...
Presidents play the critical role in determining who will serve as justices on the Supreme Court and...
As the rampant speculation preceding Justice Kennedy’s retirement made clear, it is difficult to pre...