Presidents, the Justice Department, and Civil Rights: Measuring Presidential Support and Its Effect on Bureaucracy

• In Event: Presidential Control and Bureaucratic Policymaking

Brief Overview

We explore the relationship between presidential policy preferences and bureaucratic performance by examining presidential preferences and fair housing lawsuits filed by the Justice Department.

Authors

• Charles Lamb, Univesity at Buffalo, SUNY

• Dan Myers, University at Buffalo

• Collin Anderson, University at Buffalo