Anti-Egalitarian Attitudes and Evaluations of the Federal Court System

• In Event: Democratic Norms, Political Institutions & Voter Evaluations

Brief Overview

We explore how anti-egalitarian attitudes affect support and trust in the federal court system under a variety of conditions, finding that they lead to worse evaluations when the courts affirm the rights of marginalized groups.

Authors

• Philip Gordon Chen, University of Denver

• Amanda Clare Savage, Loyola University Chicago