Emotional Responses to Supreme Court Decisions and their Effects on Court Approval

• In Event: Political Psychology and Judicial Legitimacy

Brief Overview

Drawing from political and social psychology, this paper explores the emotional responses triggered by judicial decisions, examining how specific emotions are activated and how those emotions, in turn, shape public perceptions of the Court.

Authors

• Bethany Albertson, University of Texas at Austin

• Nathan T Carrington, Saint Louis University

• Shana Kushner Gadarian, Syracuse University