Religious Identity and Supreme Court Support: The Effect of Heuristics in Legitimacy Evaluations

• In Event: Judicial Legitimacy

Brief Overview

Does shared identity between a hypothetical judge and a respondent increase public support? We employ a survey experiment manipulating judge religion. We expect that shared religion impacts support despite partisan or ideological differences.

Authors

• Joshua Boston, Bowling Green State University

• Tristen Gayle Bowles, Bowling Green State University

• Zachary J Noesen, Bowling Green State University

• Judith Rosalinda Ramos, Bowling Green State University

• Nicholas W. Waterbury, University of Illinois at Springfield