Recently added articles from Justice System Journal:
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
May 01, 2009; ... This past summer I had the pleasure of attending the National Association for Court Management's (NACM) Annual Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. While I have attended political-science conferences for many years, it was informative to attend a professional conference. Academic conferences are ...
OUT OF THE SAMPLE AND ONE STEP AHEAD: FORECASTING SUPREME COURT CONFIRMATION VOTES
May 01, 2009; ... We propose and test a model to forecast confirmation votes for Supreme Court nominees. Overall, the confirmation-vote model is a substantial step in the forecasting of the level of formal opposition (nay votes) in the Senate. Nominee-based characteristics-qualifications and ideological ...
JUDICIAL DEPARTURES AND THE INTRODUCTION OF QUALIFIED RETIREMENT, 1892-1953*
May 01, 2009; ... This study examines the effects of the 1919 introduction of qualified retirement allowing federal judges to retire rather than resign. Retired judges, unlike those who resigned, could perform judicial duties, and their retirement pay could not be diminished. Departures from the U.S. (Circuit) ...
INDIVIDUAL EXPLANATIONS FOR SERVING ON STATE COURTS*
May 01, 2009; ... Many studies examine the composition of state and federal judiciaries, but looking at who is currently serving on the bench only tells part of the representation story. To understand how the bench came to look as it does, one must step back and consider those who do not seek seats on the bench ...
FULL-COURT PRESS: AN EXAMINATION OF MEDIA COVERAGE OF STATE SUPREME COURTS*
May 01, 2009; ... This analysis explores how case facts and the characteristics of media and the judiciary affect news coverage of the courts. It examines newspaper coverage of the decisions of twenty state supreme courts during calendar year 1998 and matches relevant stories to the cases contained in the Brace ...