Snooze or Snub? How the Public Reacts to Judicial Attendance at the State of the Union

IF 0.7 4区社会学 Q3 Social Sciences

Justice System Journal Pub Date : 2022-08-23 DOI:10.1080/0098261X.2022.2112327

Natalie C. Rogol, Matthew D. Montgomery

引用次数: 1

Abstract

Abstract The president’s State of the Union Address is the pinnacle agenda-setting event of the executive’s year. Generally, along with the executive’s cabinet, the entire House and Senate are present. One branch’s attendance, however, has noticeably fluctuated over time. To date, we know of no research that studies the public response to the Court’s decision to skip or attend. For this study, we develop a survey experiment to explore the impact that media coverage of justices’ decisions to stay home has on public opinion. We hypothesize participants will be willing to lower their approval of the Court and the president when justices skip the State of the Union. We also suggest that (dis)loyalty to the president should moderate opinions on a justice’s decision to stay home. Supporters of the president should show more propensity to lower their evaluation the Court when a majority of justices choose to stay home.

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小睡还是小睡?公众对司法人员出席国情咨文有何反应

总统的国情咨文是行政年度的最高议程设置事件。一般来说，连同行政内阁，整个众议院和参议院都出席。然而，有一家分行的出勤率随着时间的推移出现了明显的波动。到目前为止，据我们所知，还没有一项研究研究公众对法院不出席或缺席的决定的反应。在本研究中，我们开展了一项调查实验，以探索媒体对法官决定留在家中的报道对公众舆论的影响。我们假设，当法官跳过国情咨文时，参与者将愿意降低他们对法院和总统的认可。我们还建议，对总统的(不忠诚)应该缓和对法官决定留在家里的意见。当大多数大法官选择留在家中时，总统的支持者应该表现出更倾向于降低对法院的评价。

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Justice System Journal LAW-

CiteScore

0.90

自引率

14.30%

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期刊介绍： The Justice System Journal is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes original research articles on all aspects of law, courts, court administration, judicial behavior, and the impact of all of these on public and social policy. Open as to methodological approaches, The Justice System Journal aims to use the latest in advanced social science research and analysis to bridge the gap between practicing and academic law, courts and politics communities. The Justice System Journal invites submission of original articles and research notes that are likely to be of interest to scholars and practitioners in the field of law, courts, and judicial administration, broadly defined. Articles may draw on a variety of research approaches in the social sciences. The journal does not publish articles devoted to extended analysis of legal doctrine such as a law review might publish, although short manuscripts analyzing cases or legal issues are welcome and will be considered for the Legal Notes section. The Justice System Journal was created in 1974 by the Institute for Court Management and is published under the auspices of the National Center for State Courts. The Justice System Journal features peer-reviewed research articles as well as reviews of important books in law and courts, and analytical research notes on some of the leading cases from state and federal courts. The journal periodically produces special issues that provide analysis of fundamental and timely issues on law and courts from both national and international perspectives.