Measuring Judicial Appeasement of the United States Supreme Court
Published online on July 10, 2026
Abstract
American Politics Research, Ahead of Print.
The interpersonal dynamics of political elites remain somewhat shrouded within extant literature. In this paper, we propose a new measure of “appeasement,” using analyses of Supreme Court opinions. Appeasement operationalizes the level of strategic ...
The interpersonal dynamics of political elites remain somewhat shrouded within extant literature. In this paper, we propose a new measure of “appeasement,” using analyses of Supreme Court opinions. Appeasement operationalizes the level of strategic ...