Abstract
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association
How does the Supreme Court make its decision? Analysts typically point to three different models: the legal, attitudinal, and strategic models. While civil rights issues are very salient and may be the subject of the litmus tests for presidents appointing justices, the issues are bound to attract the attention of Congress and interest groups. How does this constrain the Court? We examine the civil rights cases decided by the Supreme Court since Brown v. Board of Education and pay attention to the role of precedent, issue evolution, the elected branches, and the solicitor general. How do these forces influence the Court? Does the nature of the influence change if the case is constitutional v. statutory?
Original language | American English |
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State | Published - Jan 1 2008 |
Event | Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association - Duration: Jan 7 2016 → … |
Conference
Conference | Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association |
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Period | 01/7/16 → … |
Disciplines
- Political Science
- Social and Behavioral Sciences