The news media acts as a “watchdog” over political institutions by holding them accountable
for their actions through critical commentary. Being that the Supreme Court rarely interacts …

The graphic and bodily facts of a legal question of rights are relevant to the courts,
particularly in questions that directly implicate physical bodies and pain, such as right to die …

The shadow docket3 has become a hot topic. 4 The term is a" catchy" 5 name for the set of
truncated procedures that the Supreme Court uses to simplify and expedite its decision …

Recent literature on writing style in US Supreme Court opinions has focused on style as a
means of furthering justices' policy goals. In particular, an opinion's clarity is proposed to …

In Her Words – Open Judicial Politics 3E Vol.2 Skip to content Logo for Open Educational
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After the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022),
the media and some Court watchers wrung their hands over how the public would react to …

The US Supreme Court holds profound influence over American law and society, yet public
understanding depends heavily on the news media. This dissertation presents a …

When and how do Supreme Court justices choose to interact with the public? What
motivating factors spur a justice to make a public appearance? In the fields of political …

Most modern legal processes rely on the assumption that people are able to process
emotional information objectively and control for its influence on judgment and reasoning …

Results I present results in Table 1, which shows article and page counts by topic—US
judicial behavior written by political scientists; US judicial behavior by all authors; all judicial …