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| We can study courts and the actions of judges in a scientific way |
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| when the Supreme Court takes a case |
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| Wiping out previous decisions |
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| when the supreme court sends a case back to a previous court |
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| interrelated sets of beliefs about an object or situation, a causal model, straightforward, ideological votes, law’s a cover for you to do what you want |
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| bargaining, interactions between justices, esp. interaction with other branches (implying more constraint than the attitudinal model); held back by trying to work in an overly intuitive fashion, law matters because it is the output of a strategic process |
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| Rational Choice Influence/Model |
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| justices pursue their own goals from a more strategic angle than the attitudinal model implies, belief in the importance of judicial writings as well as votes |
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| “I take advantage of my opportunities to act, given my goals. My opportunities depend on your actions, and vice versa.” |
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| social phenomena still reflect the behavior & choice of individuals |
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| you have to take into account someone’s goals, opportunities, and constraints |
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| aggregate behavior results from the strategic interaction of intentional actors |
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| if four Supreme Court justices agree to hear a case, it will be heard (minority rule) |
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