The Court Under Threat: Hostility to Judicial Legitimacy and its Effect on the U.S. Supreme Court

• In Event: Public Opinion and Judicial Legitimacy

Brief Overview

I develop a new measure that quantifies the U.S. Supreme Court’s reservoir of goodwill. I create this measure using threats to the Court’s legitimacy. I then examine how this measure affects the Court's behavior.

Author

• Matthew Cota, Michigan State University