The Downstream Effects of Granting Writ: Judicial Agenda-Setting & Opinion Writing

• In Event: Amici and Interest Group Influence in Courts

Brief Overview

We contend that the reasoning of SCOTUS justices to grant writ of cert affects a their decision to join the majority or minority at the litigation stage, and condition a justice’s interpretations of signals from amicus briefs.

Authors

• Sahar C. Abi-Hassan, Boston University

• Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University-Main Campus

• Dino Christenson, Boston University