Public Support for the Supreme Court in the 1970s
Year: 1982
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: In the 1960s, Murphy and Tanenhaus examined the linkages between public opinion and the U.S. Supreme Court. This article represents a new look at that question within the context of the 1970s, using national survey data. Four clusters of explanations are developed, based upon the previous literature, and tested, using trust in the Court as the dependent vanable. The two most important explanatory variables found are race and education, but race is declining as an explanation for variations in support for the Court.
Source: American Politics Research
Authors: Roger Handberg, William S. Maddox
Institutions: University of Central Florida, LSU New Orleans
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2036615776