Ideological Congruence and Strategic Departure: Mapping the Present and Future of the Lower Federal Courts

• In Event: Judicial Behavior

Brief Overview

This paper employs a theoretical framework of politically-driven strategic retention and departure to map the current and future states of the lower US Federal Courts, particularly as it relates to the future of ideological entrenchment.

Authors

• Jake Stanton Truscott, Purdue University

• Richard L Vining, University of Georgia