The Relationship of Justices’ Religious and Party Affiliation, Case-Level Factors and Decisional Era to Voting in Establishment Clause Disputes Involving Public Education, at the United States Supreme Court: 1947-2012

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lewis Wasserman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
United States Supreme Court ◽  
The United States ◽  
Establishment Clause ◽  
United States Supreme ◽  
Party Affiliation ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Voting Behavior on the United States Courts of Appeals, 1961–1964

1966 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 374-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheldon Goldman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
United States Supreme Court ◽  
The United States ◽  
Courts Of Appeals ◽  
Party Affiliation ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Relationship Of

Voting behavior of public decision-makers has been of central concern for political scientists. For example, studies of legislatures (notably of Congress) have investigated such research problems as: (1) the extent to which voting on one issue is related to voting on other issues; (2) the potency of party affiliation as an organizer of attitudes and a predictor of voting behavior; and (3) the relationship of demographic characteristics to voting behavior. These and related concerns have more recently occupied the attention of students of the judiciary whose focus has primarily been on the United States Supreme Court. State courts of last resort have also provided a testing ground primarily for problems (2) and (3). However, the United States courts of appeals, second only to the Supreme Court in judicial importance, have been largely neglected. This paper considers the above research problems with reference to the voting behavior on all eleven courts of appeals from July 1, 1961 through June 30, 1964.

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