Book contents
- Curbing the Court
- Curbing the Court
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Guardians of Judicial Independence
- 2 Theories of Public Support for Court-Curbing
- 3 A Deep Dive into Supreme Court Evaluation and Support
- 4 General Policy Disagreement and Broadly Targeted Court-Curbing
- 5 Specific Policy Disagreement and Support for Court-Curbing
- 6 Partisan Polarization and Support for Court-Curbing
- 7 Procedural Perceptions and Motivated Reasoning
- 8 Reconsidering the Public Foundations of Judicial Independence
- References
- Index
4 - General Policy Disagreement and Broadly Targeted Court-Curbing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2020
- Curbing the Court
- Curbing the Court
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Guardians of Judicial Independence
- 2 Theories of Public Support for Court-Curbing
- 3 A Deep Dive into Supreme Court Evaluation and Support
- 4 General Policy Disagreement and Broadly Targeted Court-Curbing
- 5 Specific Policy Disagreement and Support for Court-Curbing
- 6 Partisan Polarization and Support for Court-Curbing
- 7 Procedural Perceptions and Motivated Reasoning
- 8 Reconsidering the Public Foundations of Judicial Independence
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 4 presents several empirical tests of the effect of general policy disagreement on citizen support for broadly targeted Court-curbing, using national surveys from 2005, 2011, and 2012. The results indicate that general policy disagreement significantly increases support for broadly targeted Court-curbing with an effect size comparable to the impact of other key predictors, such as support for democratic values (rule of law, tolerance) and political engagement. While political engagement decreases support for Court-curbing, it does not moderate the effect of general policy disagreement.
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- Curbing the CourtWhy the Public Constrains Judicial Independence, pp. 93 - 125Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020