Board #24 - Ballot vs. Bench: The Role of Political Ideology in Supreme Court Decisions Involving State Laws

• In Event: 73-308 - Poster Session: The Supremes

Brief Overview

This project tests whether polarization and ideological distance shape Supreme Court invalidation of state laws. By coding polarization and measuring ideological divergence, I test whether the Court targets ideologically distant states.

Author

• Samuel Burnett, University of Virginia