Original Article
Preserving Institutional Power: The Supreme Court and Strategic Decision Making in the Separation of Powers
Acknowledgements: An earlier version of this article was presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, in April 2012. We wish to thank the editor of Politics & Policy, Emma R. Norman, and three anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments and suggestions.
Abstract
enWe argue that the Supreme Court's long-term goal of maintaining legitimacy and institutional power reflects an underdeveloped strategic consideration in models of judicial decision making. Our article posits that both institutional- and policy-related incentives exist for the Court to engage in strategic behavior, and that those motivations may be differentially applicable to decision making in constitutional versus statutory cases. Our results offer broad confirmation of the above hypotheses, providing an important supplement to our understanding of how Congress may affect the Supreme Court's role in constructing legal policy.
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