Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Supreme Court and Grass Roots Politics: The Impact of Supreme Court Decisions on Local Public Opinion

9423032西格尔本研究考察了最高法院的裁决对产生案件的当地社区舆论的影响。将研究法院的四项裁决(两项公民自由和两项经济/财产权案件)。两波小组研究设计将衡量最高法院裁决之前和之后对这一问题的意见。每个小组将由两个地理样本组成，分别是病例发源地附近城镇的居民和周围城镇的居民。这项研究将调查对案件的认识程度、意见变化的程度，以及法院判决后公民对案件的评价。这项研究将有助于我们了解最高法院的裁决对案件发起地社区居民的意见的影响，裁决如何影响他们对法院的评价，以及他们对法院对他们生活影响的感知。***

9423032 Segal This dissertation research examines the impact of Supreme Court decisions on public opinion in local communities in which the cases are generated. Four decisions by the court (two civil- liberties and two economic/property rights cases) will be studied. The two-wave panel research design will measure opinions on the issue both before and after the Supreme Court decision. Each panel will consist of two geographic samples of residents of the immediate town where the case originate and residents of the surrounding towns. This research will investigate the levels of awareness of the case, levels of opinion change, and citizens' evaluation of the Court after it has decided the case. This study will contribute to our understanding of the impact Supreme Court rulings have on the opinions of residents of the community in which the case originates, how rulings affect their evaluation of the Court, and their perception of the impact of the Court on their lives. ***