Political communicators have long used framing as a tactic to try to influence the opinions
and political decisions of others. Frames capture an essence of a political issue or …

What motivates political actors with diverging interests to respect the Supreme Court's
authority? A popular answer is that the public serves as the guardian of judicial …

We investigate how different framing of climate change impacts affects public opinion on the
issue. Using an experimental design, we examine the influence of frames presenting local …

The American legal system is experiencing a period of extreme stress, if not crisis, as it
seems to be losing its legitimacy with at least some segments of its constituency. Nowhere is …

Does late night political humor matter? Are late-night comedians merely entertaining, or do
they have the power to influence the way we think about politics and politicians? Politics Is a …

Do judicial dissents affect mass politics? The conventional wisdom is that unanimous rulings
boost support for Supreme Court decisions, while division fuels popular opposition …

In the run-up to the 2004 US elections an obscure cognitive linguist, George Lakoff,
suddenly burst upon the American political scene and became a cult hero. He coached …

Key questions in American politics are whether and why the Supreme Court is responsive to
public opinion. Past scholarship has suggested a strong relationship between changes in …

A great deal of work in the domain of race and politics has focused on two phenomena:
racial prejudice and racial solidarity. Scholarship on racial prejudice has primarily examined …

Using a unique and vast dataset and new measures derived from natural language
processing, we investigate the flow of information to the Supreme Court via briefs. Our study …