Confidence and Constraint: Public Opinion, Judicial Independence, and the Roberts Court

This Article uses statistical models to show the relationship between public opinion of the Supreme Court and the Court’s propensity to invalidate federal laws on constitutional grounds. Merril, Conway, and Ura analyze this connection to underscore the loss of judicial independence as a result of de...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Washington University journal of law and policy 2017-01, Vol.54, p.209
Hauptverfasser:	Merrill, Alison Higgins, Conway, Nicholas D, Ura, Joseph Daniel
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