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Voting fluidity and the attitudinal model of Supreme Court decision making.
The Western Political Quarterly (1991)
  • Timothy M. Hagle, University of Iowa
  • Harold J. Spaeth, Michigan State University
Abstract

Finds, contrary to popular belief, that fluidity in the voting of Supreme Court justices is consistent with the attitudinal model of judicial decision making. Focuses on the Warren Court justices who voted with the majority at the initial vote on the merits and dissented at the final vote. Non-attitudinal intervening variables; Attitudinal model of Supreme Court decision making; Shifting justice; Marginal justice.

Keywords
  • United States Supreme Court
Disciplines
Publication Date
March, 1991
Citation Information
Timothy M. Hagle and Harold J. Spaeth. "Voting fluidity and the attitudinal model of Supreme Court decision making." The Western Political Quarterly Vol. 44 Iss. 1 (1991)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/timothy_hagle/10/