Television News and the Supreme Court: All the News That's Fit to Air?. Elliot E. Slotnick , Jennifer A. SegalReporting on the Courts: How the Mass Media Cover Judicial Actions. William Haltom

1999 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 1172-1175
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Keck
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Television News ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
Judicial Actions

Public Opinion and the U.S. Supreme Court: FDR's Court-packing Plan

1987 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 1139-1153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory A. Caldeira
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Critical Periods ◽  
Gallup Poll ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Historical Episode ◽  
The Mass Media

I show the intimate connection between the actions of the justices and support for the Supreme Court during one of the most critical periods of U.S. political history, the four months of 1937 during which Franklin D. Roosevelt sought legislation to “pack” the high bench with friendly personnel. Over the period from 3 February through 10 June 1937, the Gallup Poll queried national samples on 18 separate occasions about FDR's plan. These observations constitute the core of my analyses. I demonstrate the crucial influence of judicial behavior and the mass media in shaping public opinion toward the Supreme Court. This research illuminates the dynamics of public support for the justices, contributes to a clearer understanding of an important historical episode, shows the considerable impact of the mass media on public attitudes toward the Court, and adds more evidence on the role of political events in the making of public opinion.

Juju Oaths in Customary Law Arbitration and Their Legal Validity in Nigerian Courts

2008 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulmumini A Oba
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Legal Validity ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Islam And Christianity ◽  
The Mass Media

AbstractTraditional oaths play decisive roles in customary law arbitration and are recognized and accorded due respect by the courts. This position is now threatened by four emerging factors. First, all customary law arbitrations (including those based on juju oaths) are now subjected to stringent conditions before the courts will enforce them. Secondly, there are discordant voices in the Supreme Court on the legal relevance and juristic value of traditional oaths. Thirdly, in August 2005, the gruesome activities of some shrines where juju oaths are administered in some Igbo communities were exposed in the mass media. This exposure has given traditional oaths a bad image. Lastly, the onslaught of Islam and Christianity is taking its toil on traditional oaths. There is the need to protect traditional oaths from these threats.

Television News and the Supreme Court

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elliot E. Slotnick ◽  
Jennifer A. Segal
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Television News ◽  
The Supreme Court

Theorizing the U.S. Supreme Court

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles M. Cameron ◽  
Lewis A. Kornhauser
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Supreme Court Decision ◽  
The United States ◽  
Voting Rule ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Judicial Studies ◽  
Judicial Actions

We summarize the formal theoretical literature on Supreme Court decision-making. We focus on two core questions: What does the Supreme Court of the United States do, and how can one model those actions; and, what do the justices of the Supreme Court want, and how can one model those preferences? Given the current state of play in judicial studies, these questions then direct this survey mostly to so-called separation of powers (SOP) models, and to studies of a multi-member (“collegial”) court employing the Supreme Court’s very distinctive and highly unusual voting rule.The survey makes four main points. First, it sets out a new taxonomy that unifies much of the literature by linking judicial actions, modeling conventions, and the treatment of the status quo. In addition, the taxonomy identifies some models that employ inconsistent assumptions about Supreme Court actions and consequences. Second, the discussion of judicial preferences clarifies the links between judicial actions and judicial preferences. It highlights the relationships between preferences over dispositions, preferences over rules, and preferences over social outcomes. And, it explicates the difference between consequential and expressive preferences. Third, the survey delineates the separate strands of SOP models. It suggests new possibilities for this seemingly well-explored line of inquiry. Fourth, the discussion of voting emphasizes the peculiar characteristics of the Supreme Court’s voting rule. The survey maps the movement from early models that ignored the special features of this rule, to more recent ones that embrace its features and explore the resulting (and unusual) incentive effects.

UNDERSTANDING MASS MEDIA COVERAGE OF DISEASE CLUSTERS

1990 ◽  
Vol 132 (supp1) ◽  
pp. 192-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL GREENBERG ◽  
DANIEL WARTENBERG
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Television News ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Network Television ◽  
Disease Clusters ◽  
Health Events ◽  
Conflicting Information ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
The Mass Media

Abstract The responsibility of informing the general public about disease clusters belongs to health investigators. In the majority of instances the investigators must send their messages through the mass media. The authors analyzed nightly network television news coverage of disease clusters during the period 1978–1987, and newspaper coverage of four disease clusters. Formal content analysis of about 600 stories showed that the mass media focuses on human interest, conflicting information, blame, and political symbolism in their coverage of clustered health events. The authors offer suggestions to health practitioners about improving their communications with journalists.

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