Journal article
The Presence of Lower-Court Amici as an Aspect of Supreme Court Agenda Setting
Justice System Journal, Vol.30(1), pp.1-13
01/01/2009
DOI: 10.1080/0098261X.2009.10767911
Abstract
The importance of agenda setting to understanding U.S. Supreme Court decision making cannot be gainsaid. Much information exists about cases the Court reviews, but not about cases the Court does not review. As a result, many studies of Supreme Court agenda setting have focused on cases that have already been granted review. We have constructed a stratified random sample of petitioned lower cases denied review by the Burger Court (1969-86). We analyze the characteristics and treatment of all lower-court cases-accepted and rejected-involving amici curiae, finding that justices' policy preferences explain little of the Court's behavior; rather, it seems that legal-and perhaps strategic-considerations explain the justices' behavior.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Presence of Lower-Court Amici as an Aspect of Supreme Court Agenda Setting
- Creators
- Timothy M HagleHarold J Spaeth
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Justice System Journal, Vol.30(1), pp.1-13
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1080/0098261X.2009.10767911
- ISSN
- 0098-261X
- eISSN
- 2327-7556
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2009
- Academic Unit
- Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983983257602771
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