Threat and Perceptions of Court Legitimacy

• In Event: JSS SESSION: U.S. Federal Judicial Politics

Brief Overview

African Americans and women have extended less legitimacy to the courts at times. We do not know how and why these groups do so. I argue that when these groups feel the courts are threatening their ingroups, they will extend less legitimacy to them.

Author

• Rachael B Houston, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities