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An Exploratory Analysis of Judicial Activism in the United States Supreme Court's Nullification of Congressional Statutes

This study analyzes activist behavior of Supreme Court justices in 132 decisions which struck down congressional statutes as unconstitutional in 1789-1990. Analysis of the justices' activist rates and liberalism scores demonstrate that these votes are ideologically based. Integrated models containing personal attribute and case factor variables are constructed to explore the votes as activist behavior. The same models are also tested with a new dependent variable constructed to measure the nullification votes as liberal votes. The models which explain the votes as ideological responses better explain the votes than the models which explain the votes as activism or restraint. The attribute variables offer better explanation in the late 20th century models and the case factors offer better explanation in the early period models.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500902
Date08 1900
CreatorsKeith, Linda Camp
ContributorsTate, C. Neal (Chester Neal), 1943-, Yeric, Jerry L., Clarke, Harold D.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatviii, 139 leaves, Text
Coverage1789-1990
RightsPublic, Keith, Linda Camp, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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