American public opinion and the modern Supreme Court, 1930-2020 : a representative institution /

Comparing over 500 Supreme Court decisions with timely nationwide poll questions, Thomas R. Marshall shows that most Supreme Court decisions agree with poll majorities or pluralities across time and across issues and often represent Americans' views to the same degree as federal policymakers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Marshall, Thomas R., 1949- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2022].
Subjects:	United States. > Supreme Court > Public opinion. Judicial process > United States > Public opinion. Political questions and judicial power > United States > Public opinion.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Viewing the Supreme Court as a representative institution
Measuring the Supreme Court's representative role
The norm of representation
The justices' representative role
Representing group opinions
Representation, public opinion, and the modern court.