Doctoral Dissertation Research. The Supreme Court and Public Opinion: Exploring Diffuse Support and the Role of Values

这个项目探讨了价值观在决定个人对最高法院的分散支持方面的作用。实施实验性调查设计，PI将使用感觉温度计测量对政治机构的分散支持。我们将考察以下价值观：自由、平等、道德和社会秩序。根据假设，一些人会更喜欢反映一种价值的决定，而另一些人会更喜欢反映另一种价值的决定。研究方案将测试价值框架是否影响对法院的分散支持，方法是在执行假设情景后衡量对法院的支持，并评估在实验过程中是否发生了波动。

This project explores the role of values in determining individuals' diffuse support for the Supreme Court. Implementing an experimental survey design, the PI will measure diffuse support for political institutions with feeling thermometers. The following values will be examined: liberty, equality, morality and social order. Some individuals, it is hypothesized, will prefer a decision reflecting one value, whereas others will prefer a decision reflecting another value. The research protocol will test whether the value frame influences diffuse support for the Court by measuring support for the Court after administering the hypothetical scenario and assessing whether or not it has fluctuated over the course of the experiment.