POLS 125 Chapter NA: SCOTUS and the Election of 2000
29 Oct 2020
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The supreme court and the election of 2000: wounds ?, (2003) For the first time the american people were polled with questions that used words like legitimate and legitimacy: this was as scholars questioned whether the court"s decision had impacted its ability to rule on future controversial issues. Legitimacy was used loosely and without a rigorous definition which combined with a lack of scholarly inquiry into the course legitimacy has led to little systematic knowledge about how the election may have impacted the court. Major elements of legitimacy theory: legitimacy: a normative concept that has something to do with the right (as in morally and legally) to make decisions. Legitimate institutions or ones with an authoritative mandate to render judgments for society: diffuse support: the reservoir of favorable attitudes or goodwill that help members to accept or tolerate actions that they are opposed to.
