PLS 200 Lecture : LECTURE NOTES MONDAY DEC 3rd.docx
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Republican party of mn v. white(2002) strikes down announce clauses. Answers: (1) no (2) so far, pretty limited. 3 wave panel study during a contested expensive election(w/lots of ads) Support remains same or increases for 17% of the sample from t1 to t3. Campaign contributions: strong conflict-contributions from litigants, moderate conflict-contribution from interest groups, no conflict-no contributions. Citations number of times an opinion is cited. But, their opinions are cited less frequently than opinions by appointed. Independence writing against judges of same or opposite party judges. Elected judges are more likely to dissent and do so against judges of same party. Reminder: federal judges are nominated by president and confirmed by senate. But judges have promotional goals: district->circuit, circuit->supreme court. When there is a supreme court vacancy, contender circuit court judges area more likely to: support presidents ideological outcome, vote in favor of us(ex.
