Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT Recent years have seen a rise in calls to reform the supreme court. We conducted a novel survey experiment in which we presented framed messages highlighting executive rhetoric about both negative outcomes at the court and support for adding term limits to justice's time on the bench. We vary whether these comments are attributed to government officials, former President Trump, or President Biden. We predict that copartisans react to the framed messages, increase their support for the policy of term limits, and express electoral support for a president. Conversely, we predict that partisans decrease support for these measures if the messages are attributed to an out‐party president. Our research sheds light on the evolving relationship between executives, the public, and the supreme court and is useful in understanding conceptions of American democracy and institutional reform.
Source: Presidential Studies Quarterly
DOI: 10.1111/psq.70000
Authors: Natalie C. Rogol, Anna McCaghren Fleming, Matthew D. Montgomery
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,300
OpenAlex ID: W4410694418