Opinion Assignment on the United States Supreme Court: 1953-1990

9512817 Maltzman美国最高法院大法官行使的广泛自由裁量权使最高法院的科学学生认识到，撰写多数意见的大法官具有不成比例的影响结果和建立先例的能力。 特别是，首席大法官分配多数意见的能力被认为是首席大法官最重要的权力来源之一。 以往的研究表明，大法官的任命取决于大法官的经验、大法官与首席大法官之间的意识形态关系以及多数派联盟的规模等因素。 P.I.以前的工作是迄今为止唯一一项对这些因素的相对影响进行建模的研究。 这项研究将通过捕捉随时间的变化来扩展以前的工作。 这项研究将审查首席大法官所作的指派在多大程度上反映了个人的政策倾向和法院的组织需要。 它将使用1953年至1009年的原始会议数据。 美国最高法院大法官行使的广泛自由裁量权使最高法院的科学学生认识到，撰写多数意见的大法官具有不成比例的影响结果和建立先例的能力。 特别是，首席大法官分配多数意见的能力被认为是首席大法官最重要的权力来源之一。 以往的研究表明，大法官的任命取决于大法官的经验、大法官与首席大法官之间的意识形态关系以及多数派联盟的规模等因素。 P.I.以前的工作是迄今为止唯一一项对这些因素的相对影响进行建模的研究。 这项研究将通过捕捉随时间的变化来扩展以前的工作。 这项研究将审查首席大法官所作的指派在多大程度上反映了个人的政策倾向和法院的组织需要。 它将使用1953-1009年的原始会议数据。 ****

9512817 Maltzman The broad discretion exercised by U.S. Supreme Court justices has led scientific students of the Court to recognize that the justice who write a majority opinion had a disproportionate ability to shape outcomes and establish precedents. In particular, the Chief Justice's ability to assign the majority opinion is considered one of the Chief's most important sources of power. Previous research has demonstrated that the each justice's assignments depend on such factors as the experience of the justice, the ideological relationship between the justice and the Chief Justice, and the size of the majority coalition. The P.I.s previous work is to date the only study to model the relative influence of these factors. This research will extend the previous work by capturing variation over time. The study will examine the extent to which assignments made by the Chief Justice reflect personal policy preferences and organizational needs of the Court. It will use original conference data on assignments from 1953-1009. %%%% The broad discretion exercised by U.S. Supreme Court justices has led scientific students of the Court to recognize that the justice who write a majority opinion had a disproportionate ability to shape outcomes and establish precedents. In particular, the Chief Justice's ability to assign the majority opinion is considered one of the Chief's most important sources of power. Previous research has demonstrated that the each justice's assignments depend on such factors as the experience of the justice, the ideological relationship between the justice and the Chief Justice, and the size of the majority coalition. The P.I.s previous work is to date the only study to model the relative influence of these factors. This research will extend the previous work by capturing variation over time. The study will examine the extent to which assignments made by the Chief Justice reflect personal policy preferences and organizational needs of the Court. It will use original c onference data on assignments from 1953-1009. ****