Contents
Volume 1
Actors in the Judicial Process
Lawyers
“Riddled with Exclusivity” by Austin Carsh
“Examining Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity in the Legal Profession” by Scott Hofer and Susan Achury
“The Solicitor General of the United States” by Richard Pacelle
“On Remand” by Richard S. Price
Judges
“Walking on Broken Glass” by Shane A. Gleason; Scott A. Comparato; and Christine M. Bailey
“Intersectional Representation on State Supreme Courts” by Greg Goelzhauser
“Trump’s Judges and Diversity” by Petar Jeknic; Rorie Spill Solberg; Eric Waltenburg; and Christopher Stout
“In a Different Voice” by Jeanine E. Kraybill
“Women of SCOTUS” by Jeanine E. Kraybill
“The Conservative Ideological Drift of Federalist Society-Associated Justices” by Peter S. K. Lynch
“Before the Robe” by Taneisha Nicole Means; Ria Bhutani; Benjamin Fikhman; Simon LaClair; and Rory Stumpf
“The Transmission of Legal Precedent in the U.S. Court of Appeals” by Kristen M. Renberg
“Identifying and Explaining the Prevalence of Political Backgrounds among U.S. Courts of Appeals Judges” by Adam G. Rutkowski
“The Appearance of Justice” by Craig Alan Smith
Congress
“The Relationship between the Federal Courts and the Two Congressional Judiciary Committees” by Mark C. Miller
“Senatorial Speeches from Thomas to Kavanaugh” by Molly Stone; Carol Moreno; Lauren Sluss; Rorie Spill Solberg; and Eric Waltenburg
Interest Groups
“A Matter of Great Importance” by Abigail V. Hassett; Elizabeth A. Lane; and Jessica A. Schoenherr
“Opposition to Abortion, Then and Now” by Laura P. Moyer; Alyson Hendricks-Benton; and Megan Balcom
Court Procedures
Trial Courts
“How Much is a Leg Worth?” by Tao Dumas
“On Their Best Behavior?” by John Wagner Givens
“Time Served” by Scott Hofer
Appellate Courts
“Judicial Discretion and U.S. Supreme Court Agenda Setting” by Elizabeth A. Lane; Jessica A. Schoenherr; Rachel A. Schutte; and Ryan C. Black
“An Empirical Examination of the Business of the Montana Supreme Court” by William P. McLauchlan
“Evaluating Regime Support Groups and Judicial Independence” by Denise Saenz and Rebecca A. Reid
Volume 2
Decision Making
“Constitutional Interpretation Styles of U.S. Supreme Court Justices” by Adam G. Rutkowski
“In Her Words” by Nicolas Ellis and Jennifer Bowie
“Lower Court Opinion Writing Style and Certiorari at the U.S. Supreme Court” by Matthew P. Hitt and Daniel Lempert
“Mother Nature, Lady Justice” by Jonathan A. Picado and Rebecca A. Reid
“Strategic Activism” by Shannon Ishiyama Smithey
“Human Rights and Court Activism in the Mexican Supreme Court” by Rebecca A. Reid
“Explaining Dissent Rates on a Consensual Danish Supreme Court” by Henrik Litleré Bentsen; Mark Jonathan McKenzie; and Jon Kåre Skiple
“At the Intersection of Law and Identity” by Aidan González; Bailey R. Fairbanks; and Shane A. Gleason
“To Publish or Not Publish” by Susan W. Johnson; Ronald Stidham; Kenneth L. Manning; and Robert A. Carp
Public Opinion
“Citizen Knowledge and the U.S. Supreme Court” by Anne Lippert; Justin Wedeking; and Ryan C. Black
“Public Attitudes toward State Courts” by Kenneth E. Fernandez and Jason A. Husser
“The Impact of Democratic Consolidation on Public Confidence in Courts” by Michael P. Fix; Kirk A. Randazzo; and Ana R. Martin
“Does the U.S. Supreme Court Respond to Public Opinion?” by Ben Johnson and Logan Strother
“Experimentally Measuring Responsiveness to Criticisms of the U.S. Supreme Court as Antidemocractic” by Kyle J. Morgan
Media
“Co-Opting the Court” by Levi Bankston and Marcy Shieh
“Legitimacy, Trust, and Cameras in the U.S. Supreme Court” by Ryan C. Black; Timothy R. Johnson; Ryan J. Owens; and Justin Wedeking
“Black Robes in the Limelight” by Joseph P. Bolton and Christopher D. Kromphardt
Policy Making
“A Proposed Constitutional Overhaul and the Question of Judicial Independence” by Udi Sommer and Roey Braverman
“Courts as Colonizers or Protectors?” by Alan Cardenas and Rebecca A. Reid
“Issue Emergence and Evolution in the U.S. Supreme Court” by Richard L. Pacelle Jr. and Barry W. Pyle
“Race and the Death Penalty in Tennessee, 1977-2016” by John M. Scheb II and Hemant K. Sharma
“Trial Court Policy Making” by Shannon Ishiyama Smithey and Kristenne M. Robison