Institutional Balancing and Supreme Court Membership Change: 1938-2017

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Brief Overview

This study challenges the assertion in “Drift, Draft or Drag: How U.S. Supreme Court Justices React to New Members” that an analysis of all justices in a change year does not accurately describe individual justice’s response to membership change.

Author

• Robert Gomez, The University of Texas at Arlington