Bøger af Ryan C. (Michigan State University) Black

Supreme Court justices have personalities that influence their behavior and, in turn, legal development and the Constitution. This book exhaustively examines every part of the Court's decision-making process (and more) to reveal how justices' personalities influence the law, the High Court, and the Constitution.

This book shows the United States Supreme Court instrumentally uses opinion clarity to enhance compliance with its decisions and to circumvent negative audience responses. It employs a unique measure of opinion clarity that scholars can use in numerous contexts and highlights the importance of strategic language use.

This book examines whether and how the Office of the Solicitor General influences the United States Supreme Court. Combining archival data with recent innovations in the areas of matching and causal inference, the book finds that the Solicitor General influences every aspect of the Court's decision-making process.