Private attitudes, in other words, become public law.'" This is the core thesis underlying their book. Herman Prichett, another leading political scientist of the judiciary) "that judges 'are influenced by their own biases and philosophies, which to a large degree predetermine the position they will take on a given question.
An informative new book, Advice and Consent, by Lee Epstein and Jeffrey Segal, political scientists who have conducted several important studies of judicial decision-making, states at the very outset (quoting C. Many social scientists who study judging also believe that the values and political views of judges determine their decisions. Tom Delay: first a Democractic judge recused himself, then a Republican judge did the same, then another Republican judge passed it off to a semi-retired judge who was a registered Democract but didn't contribute much to political campaigns. That was also the underlying assumption in the spectacle surrounding the appointment of a judge to try Rep. That is the assumption behind the daily search to dig up and scrutinize anything that might bear on Judge Alito's political views. University of Chicago Law School Faculty BlogĮverywhere you look it seems to be almost taken for granted that the personal values or political views of judges have a determinative impact on their decisions. Rothman's Roadmap to the Right of Publicity Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press International Economic Law and Policy Blog The Assumption that Judging On the Supreme Court (and Elsewhere) is Politics The Anti-Torture Memos (arranged by topic)
The Anti-Torture Memos: Balkinization Posts on Torture, Interrogation, Detention, War Powers, and OLC Sabeel Rahmansabeel.rahman at Ĭompendium of posts on Hobby Lobby and related cases
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