We investigate the American public's attitudes over an integral component of judicial
behavior: the legal principles judges employ when making decisions. Our theoretical …

Recent research shows that many people support courts based on their ideological
congruence with those courts and their decisions. But people likely hold varying degrees of …

Under what conditions are people more likely to support judicial invalidation of legislative
acts? We theorize that constitutional recency confers greater democratic legitimacy on …

It's all the rage for courts to question the constitutionality of statutes that delegate broad
discretion to the executive branch. In May 2024, the Supreme Court ruled on the …

Men and women diverge in their political behavior and attitudes. We test whether gender-
based variation in political attitudes extends to perceptions of US Supreme Court legitimacy …

This Article develops a new way of understanding the law in order to address contemporary
debates about judicial practice and reform. The jurisprudential theory is “personal …