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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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