The Nine
The Nine is Jeffrey Toobin’s reveals the lives of post-WWII Supreme Court Justices. He explores the notion of ideology and politics within the role of the judicial branch. We’ve chosen this 2007 title as a general look at the Supreme Court in order to discuss rule of law, personal politics, and the judicial branch more broadly.
Judicial Nominations and Policy Outcomes
Price Governance Salon featuring Tonja Jacobi, Northwestern University Tonja Jacobi, Northwestern University Jacobi’s research focuses on judicial politics and behavior, federal courts, American governmental institutions and constitutional law, particularly constitutional criminal procedure. The driving question in her research is: how do judges respond to institutional constraints? This includes vertical constraints, Read more…
The Judicial Business Cycle
Governance Salon featuring Nancy Stuadt, University of Southern California Staudt’s talk investigates the effects of macroeconomic trends on judicial decision making in the federal context. Nancy Staudt, a nationally renowned tax and tax policy scholar, is the inaugural holder of the Edward G. Lewis Chair in Law at USC Read more…