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- Title
Presidential Rhetoric and Supreme Court Decisions.
- Authors
Eshbaugh‐Soha, Matthew; Collins, Paul M.
- Abstract
Despite the centrality of speeches to the American presidency, no research has specifically investigated the frequency of presidential public commentary about Supreme Court decisions. We do so and also examine why presidents discuss Supreme Court cases in their public comments from the Eisenhower to Obama administrations. Our empirical findings support our theoretical expectations in two primary ways. First, presidents speak most frequently after cases have been decided. Second, the monthly volume of presidential remarks on Court cases is shaped to varying degrees by presidents' desires to bolster their reelections, policy goals, and historical legacies. By shedding new light on why presidents comment publicly on Supreme Court cases, this research contributes to our understanding of presidential speechmaking, executive-judicial branch interactions, and how norms and institutions shape the behavior of political actors.
- Subjects
UNITED States; UNITED States Supreme Court history; PRESIDENTIAL messages of United States Presidents; RHETORIC &; politics; POLITICAL oratory; MOTIVATION (Psychology); BROWN v. Board of Education of Topeka; ROE v. Wade; ENGEL v. Vitale; DIVIDED government; UNITED States politics &; government; HISTORY
- Publication
Presidential Studies Quarterly, 2015, Vol 45, Issue 4, p633
- ISSN
0360-4918
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/psq.12222