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Lobbyists before the U.S. Supreme Court Investigating the Influence of Amicus Curiae Briefs
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In this article, the authors investigate the influence of amicus briefs on the ideological direction of the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions, with particular attention given to theoretical and methodological issues.Abstract:
Despite the fact that amicus curiae participation is the most common method of interest group activity in the judicial arena, there is little consensus as to whether this means of participation influences the decision making of the U.S. Supreme Court. To redress this state of affairs, this research investigates the affect of amicus briefs on the ideological direction of the Court's decisions, with particular attention given to theoretical and methodological issues that have gone unexplored in previous studies. Analyzing group influence during the 1946 to 1995 terms, the results provide particularly robust evidence that pressure groups are effective in shaping the Court's policy outputs. These findings therefore indicate that elite decision makers can be influenced by persuasive argumentation presented by organized interests.read more
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Studying Organizational Advocacy and Influence: Reexamining Interest Group Research
TL;DR: The authors assess whether recent research has become more theoretically coherent, more attentive to context, and broader in both scope and topical focus, all of which are crucial to advancing the systematic study of interest groups and their policy-making activities.
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Quality Over Quantity: Amici Influence and Judicial Decision Making
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use network position to measure interest group power in U.S. Supreme Court cases from 1946 to 2001 and find that the effect of interest groups power is minimal in times of heavily advantaged cases.
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The Solicitor General and the United States Supreme Court: Executive Branch Influence and Judicial Decisions
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TL;DR: The Office of the Solicitor General as discussed by the authors is the finest law firm in the country and has a history of influence and agenda-setting on the US Supreme Court and Congress.
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The Influence of Amicus Curiae Briefs on U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Content
TL;DR: This article used plagiarism detection software to assess the ability of amicus briefs to shape the content of judicial opinions and found that the justices incorporate language from amicus curiae briefs into their opinions based primarily on the extent to which amici briefs contribute to their ability to make effective law and policy.
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