Local Judicial Context and Perceptions of the U.S. Supreme Court

• In Event: U.S. Federal Judicial Selection

Brief Overview

We argue that implicit perceptions of the U.S. Supreme Court can be influenced by local judicial context; i.e., institutional variation in how state supreme court justices are selected. This linkage is conditioned by knowledge of the Court.

Authors

• Thomas G. Hansford, University of California-Merced

• Eddie Lucero, UC Merced

• Chanita Intawan, University of California, Merced