This book is the first study specifically to investigate the extent to which US Supreme Court justices alter the clarity of their opinions based on expected reactions from their audiences. The authors examine this dynamic by creating a unique measure of opinion clarity and then testing whether the Court writes clearer opinions when it faces ideologically hostile and ideologically scattered lower federal courts; when it decides cases involving poorly performing federal agencies; when it decides cases involving states with less professionalized legislatures and governors; and when it rules against public opinion. The data shows the Court writes clearer opinions in every one of these contexts, and demonstrates that actors are more likely to comply with clearer Court opinions.

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Information

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2016

ISBN

9781316682418

Topic

Law

Subtopic

Law Theory & Practice

Index

Law

Cover
Half-title
Title page
Copyright information
Dedication
Table of contents
Acknowledgement
1 Introduction
2 A theory: using opinion clarity to enhance compliance and manage public support
3 Estimating the clarity of Supreme Court opinions
4 Supreme Court opinions and federal circuit courts
5 Supreme Court opinions and federal agency implementors
6 Supreme Court opinions and the states
7 Supreme Court opinions and the secondary population
8 Establishing compliance as a function of clarity
9 Conclusion
References
Index