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On the Ideological Foundations of Supreme Court Legitimacy in the American Public

  1. Brandon L. Bartels1,
  2. Christopher D. Johnston2

Article first published online: 28 AUG 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2012.00616.x

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American Journal of Political Science

American Journal of Political Science

Volume 57, Issue 1, pages 184–199, January 2013

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Bartels, B. L. and Johnston, C. D. (2013), On the Ideological Foundations of Supreme Court Legitimacy in the American Public. American Journal of Political Science, 57: 184–199. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2012.00616.x

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  1. 1

    George Washington University

  2. 2

    Duke University

*Brandon L. Bartels is Assistant Professor of Political Science, George Washington University, 2115 G Street NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20052 (bartels@gwu.edu). Christopher D. Johnston is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Duke University, Campus Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708 (christopher.johnston@duke.edu).

  1. We thank James L. Gibson, Eric D. Lawrence, John Sides, anonymous reviewers, and participants at the MIT American Politics Workshop and the George Washington University Junior Faculty Colloquium for helpful feedback and suggestions. The Annenberg Supreme Court Study Data can be obtained from http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org. Data for the survey experiment examined in this article were collected through NSF Grant 0094964. Data analyzed in the article are available at http://home.gwu.edu/~bartels/ajps_legitimacy.html.

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  1. Issue published online: 2 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 28 AUG 2012

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