Single-Mindedly Seeking Reelection with Court-Curbing Bills: An Examination of Members of Congress in the 2006 and 2018 Midterm Elections

• In Event: The Influence of External Actors on the Courts

Brief Overview

It is unknown exactly how court-curbing bills are used to help members of Congress get reelected, so we address this gap in the literature by examining when the bills are sponsored, their content, and how they are communicated to constituents.

Authors

• Lisa Hager, South Dakota State University

• Alicia Uribe-McGuire, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign