Supreme Court Agenda Setting Strategic Behavior during Case Selectio
Much research is devoted to the decision-making power and precedent set by the Supreme Court. Less attention, however, is given to the strategic behavior during case selection. This book argues that case selection is done strategically, and by means of va
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Supreme Court Agenda Setting
10.1057/9781137398642 - Supreme Court Agenda Setting, Udi Sommer
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Strategic Behavior During Case Selection
Udi Sommer
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Supreme Court Agenda Setting
SUPREME COURT AGENDA SETTING
Copyright © Udi Sommer, 2014. All rights reserved.
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10.1057/9781137398642 - Supreme Court Agenda Setting, Udi Sommer
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This book is dedicated to my love, Michal, and my three beautiful children— Talia, Ori, and Inbal.
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List of Figures
ix
List of Tables
xi xiii
Preface Acknowledgments
xv
1 Introduction
1
2 The History and Institutions of the Writ of Certiorari
13
3 The Theoretical Framework: Case Selection and Strategic Behavior on the Court
29
4 Voting Contingents, Cert Pivots, and Voting Volatility
45
5 Strategic Votes on Cert: Evidence from Justices’ Papers
61
6 Opinion Authorship and Strategic Cert
83
7 Conclusions
109
Appendix 1: SIMEX Computations
115
Appendix 2: The Judiciary Act of 1925
117
Appendix 3: Rules of the Supreme Court of the United States
129
Appendix 4: Original
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