TY - JOUR
T1 - From textbook pluralism to modern hyperpluralism
T2 - Interest groups and supreme court nominations, 1930–2017
AU - Cameron, Charles M.
AU - Gray, Cody
AU - Kastellec, Jonathan P.
AU - Park, Jee Kwang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by the Law and Courts Organized Section of the American Political Science Association.
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - We examine interest group involvement in Supreme Court nominations from 1930 to 2017, finding dramatic shifts in the number and type of groups, as well as their choice of tactics. Whereas the early period was dominated by labor unions, “core” civil rights groups, and groups affiliated with the “old right,” the modern period is dominated by public interest/citizen groups and “identity” groups. We also find a shift from more traditional “inside” tactics to the heavy use of “outside/grassroots” mobilization tactics. Finally, we show that the calculus of mobilization has increasingly been based on a nominee’s ideology over time.
AB - We examine interest group involvement in Supreme Court nominations from 1930 to 2017, finding dramatic shifts in the number and type of groups, as well as their choice of tactics. Whereas the early period was dominated by labor unions, “core” civil rights groups, and groups affiliated with the “old right,” the modern period is dominated by public interest/citizen groups and “identity” groups. We also find a shift from more traditional “inside” tactics to the heavy use of “outside/grassroots” mobilization tactics. Finally, we show that the calculus of mobilization has increasingly been based on a nominee’s ideology over time.
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U2 - 10.1086/709912
DO - 10.1086/709912
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85091444218
SN - 2164-6570
VL - 8
SP - 301
EP - 332
JO - Journal of Law and Courts
JF - Journal of Law and Courts
IS - 2
ER -