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 …

One of the most contentious issues in politics today is the propriety of electing judges. Ought
judges be independent of democratic processes in obtaining and retaining their seats, or …

Nobody's Law shows how people–who are disappointed, disenchanted, and outraged about
the justice system–gradually move away from law. Using detailed case studies and …

In Electing Judges, leading judicial politics scholar James L. Gibson responds tothe growing
chorus of critics who fear that the politics of running for office undermine judicial …

This contribution investigates the determinants of judicial confidence. It argues that this is the
decisive source of legitimacy for the third branch. Fairness and impartiality, ie the …

In this article, we investigate one highly significant aspect of the role of money in judicial
elections: whether campaign spending increases citizen participation in the recruitment and …

Nasty, below-the-belt campaigns, mudslinging, and character attacks. These tactics have
become part and parcel of today's election politics in America, and judicial elections are no …

The purpose of this article is to investigate the consequences of judicial campaign activity for
the perceived legitimacy of the Pennsylvania judiciary. The authors find that politicized …

While a great deal of research has focused on understanding the foundations of public
support for American courts, scant attention has been paid to the role of the media for such …

Over the past two decades, campaigns for judicial elections in the US states have become
larger in scale. We analyze the impact of this development on voters' choices between …