Backgrounds, Attitudes and the Voting Behavior of Judges: A Comment on Joel Grossman's Social Backgrounds and Judicial Decisions

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Previous articleNext article No AccessViews and OpinionsBackgrounds, Attitudes and the Voting Behavior of Judges: A Comment on Joel Grossman's Social Backgrounds and Judicial DecisionsSheldon GoldmanSheldon Goldman Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Politics Volume 31, Number 1Feb., 1969 Sponsored by the Southern Political Science Association Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/2128567 Views: 11Total views on this site Citations: 17Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1969 Southern Political Science AssociationPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Susanne Schorpp and Rebecca Reid The Differential Effect of War on Liberal and Conservative Judges on the US Courts of Appeals, Journal of Law and Courts 5, no.11 (Feb 2017): 1–31.https://doi.org/10.1086/690048Tracey E. George, Taylor Grace Weaver The Role of Personal Attributes and Social Backgrounds on Judging, SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2016).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2841244Rachel J Cahill-O'Callaghan Winner of the SLS Annual Conference Best Paper Prize 2014: Reframing the judicial diversity debate: personal values and tacit diversity, Legal Studies 35, no.11 (Jan 2018): 1–29.https://doi.org/10.1111/lest.12074Greg Goelzhauser Silent Acquiescence on the Supreme Court, Justice System Journal 36, no.11 (Nov 2014): 3–19.https://doi.org/10.1080/0098261X.2014.969854Donald R Songer, John Szmer, Susan W Johnson Explaining Dissent on the Supreme Court of Canada, Canadian Journal of Political Science 44, no.22 (Jun 2011): 389–409.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423911000151Dona Roy, Donald R. Songer Does the Attitudinal Model Explain Unanimous Reversals?, Justice System Journal 31, no.33 (Dec 2013): 342–372.https://doi.org/10.1080/0098261X.2010.10767974Jennifer Barnes Bowie, Donald R. Songer Assessing the Applicability of Strategic Theory to Explain Decision Making on the Courts of Appeals, Political Research Quarterly 62, no.22 (Jun 2009): 393–407.https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912908319253Virginia A. Hettinger, Stefanie A. Lindquist, Wendy L. Martinek Separate Opinion Writing On The United States Courts Of Appeals, American Politics Research 31, no.33 (Jul 2016): 215–250.https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X03251196Rorie L. Spill, Michael J. Licari, Leonard Ray Taking on Tobacco: Policy Entrepreneurship and the Tobacco Litigation, Political Research Quarterly 54, no.33 (Sep 2001): 605–622.https://doi.org/10.1177/106591290105400306James N. Schubert, Steven A. Peterson, Glendon Schubert, Stephen Wasby Observing Supreme Court Oral Argument: A Biosocial Approach, Politics and the Life Sciences 11, no.11 (May 2016): 35–52.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0730938400017196T. M. Hagle, H. J. Spaeth Voting Fluidity and the Attitudinal Model of Supreme Court Decision Making, Political Research Quarterly 44, no.11 (Mar 1991): 119–128.https://doi.org/10.1177/106591299104400107Jeffrey A. Segal Supreme Court Support for the Solicitor General: the Effect of Presidential Appointments, Western Political Quarterly 43, no.11 (Sep 2016): 137–152.https://doi.org/10.1177/106591299004300110 Donald R. Songer Nonpublication in the United States District Courts: Official Criteria Versus Inferences from Appellate Review, The Journal of Politics 50, no.11 (Oct 2015): 206–215.https://doi.org/10.2307/2131049Saul Brenner, Theodore S. Arrington Unanimous decision making on the U.S. Supreme Court: Case stimuli and judicial attitudes, Political Behavior 9, no.11 (Jan 1987): 75–86.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00987280 Saul Brenner , and Theodore Arrington William O. Douglas: Consistent Civil Libertarian or Parabolic Supporter?, The Journal of Politics 45, no.22 (Oct 2015): 490–496.https://doi.org/10.2307/2130137C. K. Rowland, Robert A. Carp The relative effects of maturation, time period, and appointing president on district judges' policy choices: A cohort analysis, Political Behavior 5, no.11 (Jan 1983): 109–133.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00989988Sheldon Goldman Voting Behavior on the United States Courts of Appeals Revisited, American Political Science Review 69, no.22 (Aug 2014): 491–506.https://doi.org/10.2307/1959082