Attacking Judges : How Campaign Advertising Influences State Supreme Court Elections.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (264 pages)
- Stanford Studies in Law and Politics Series .
- Stanford Studies in Law and Politics Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Attacking Judges: Another Dimension of Campaign Negativity in American Politics -- Chapter 2: State Supreme Court Elections in Contemporary Democracy -- Chapter 3: Campaign Advertising in State Supreme Court Elections -- Chapter 4: Attack Advertising and Electoral Support for State Supreme Court Justices -- Chapter 5: Attack Advertising and Citizen Participation in State Supreme Court Elections -- Chapter 6: State Supreme Court Elections Are Different-by Design -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Attacking Judges provides rigorous evidence that televised advertising, including harsh attacks, do not have the harsh consequences initially predicted or widely feared on justices seeking reelection or state electorates in supreme court elections.
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Judges -- United States -- Election. Advertising, Political -- Law and legislation -- United States. Courts of last resort -- United States -- States. Political questions and judicial power -- United States -- States.