LEADER 03726nam 22006614a 450 001 9910791779803321 005 20230721012802.0 010 $a9786612820953 010 $a1-282-82095-8 010 $a1-4008-3060-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400830602 035 $a(CKB)2560000000060998 035 $a(EBL)664612 035 $a(OCoLC)670429817 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000414100 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11286079 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414100 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10393661 035 $a(PQKB)10543281 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC664612 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36598 035 $a(DE-B1597)446641 035 $a(OCoLC)979741900 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400830602 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL664612 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10421694 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL282095 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000060998 100 $a20081222d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCitizens, courts, and confirmations$b[electronic resource] $epositivity theory and the judgments of the American people /$fJames L. Gibson and Gregory A. Caldeira 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (195 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-13987-3 311 $a0-691-13988-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [163]-174) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : the public and supreme court nominations -- Knowing about courts -- The popular legitimacy of the United States Supreme Court -- Institutional loyalty, positivity bias, and the Alito nomination -- A dynamic test of the positivity bias hypothesis -- Concluding thoughts, theory, and policy. 330 $aIn recent years the American public has witnessed several hard-fought battles over nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court. In these heated confirmation fights, candidates' legal and political philosophies have been subject to intense scrutiny and debate. Citizens, Courts, and Confirmations examines one such fight--over the nomination of Samuel Alito--to discover how and why people formed opinions about the nominee, and to determine how the confirmation process shaped perceptions of the Supreme Court's legitimacy. Drawing on a nationally representative survey, James Gibson and Gregory Caldeira use the Alito confirmation fight as a window into public attitudes about the nation's highest court. They find that Americans know far more about the Supreme Court than many realize, that the Court enjoys a great deal of legitimacy among the American people, that attitudes toward the Court as an institution generally do not suffer from partisan or ideological polarization, and that public knowledge enhances the legitimacy accorded the Court. Yet the authors demonstrate that partisan and ideological infighting that treats the Court as just another political institution undermines the considerable public support the institution currently enjoys, and that politicized confirmation battles pose a grave threat to the basic legitimacy of the Supreme Court. 606 $aJudges$xSelection and appointment$zUnited States 606 $aPublic opinion$zUnited States 615 0$aJudges$xSelection and appointment 615 0$aPublic opinion 676 $a347.73/14092 700 $aGibson$b James L.$f1951-$0822500 701 $aCaldeira$b Gregory A$01486604 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791779803321 996 $aCitizens, courts, and confirmations$93706156 997 $aUNINA