TY - JOUR
T1 - The supreme court and opinion change
T2 - An Experimental Study of the Court's Ability to Change Opinion
AU - Hoekstra, Valerie J.
PY - 1995/1
Y1 - 1995/1
N2 - In this study the author examines the extent to which the Supreme Court acts as an opinion leader through its ability to induce attitude change. The author employs an experimental design with liberal and conservative rulings on one economic and one civil liberties issue, comparing the influence of the Supreme Court, Congress, and a nonpartisan think tank as sources of policies. The design was chosen in an attempt to eliminate outside sources of influence and to determine better the Supreme Court's ability to cause change in opinion. The results demonstrate that under some circumstances the Court can indeed influence opinion in the direction of its rulings, especially for those who regard the Court positively.
AB - In this study the author examines the extent to which the Supreme Court acts as an opinion leader through its ability to induce attitude change. The author employs an experimental design with liberal and conservative rulings on one economic and one civil liberties issue, comparing the influence of the Supreme Court, Congress, and a nonpartisan think tank as sources of policies. The design was chosen in an attempt to eliminate outside sources of influence and to determine better the Supreme Court's ability to cause change in opinion. The results demonstrate that under some circumstances the Court can indeed influence opinion in the direction of its rulings, especially for those who regard the Court positively.
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U2 - 10.1177/1532673X9502300106
DO - 10.1177/1532673X9502300106
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84976998780
SN - 1532-673X
VL - 23
SP - 109
EP - 129
JO - American Politics Research
JF - American Politics Research
IS - 1
ER -