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Actual PDF here: https://elizabethalane.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/d08a8-...

Note that the summary is somewhat misleading. This is about the public perception of cases, not the likelihood that the SCOTUS will reach a particular decision.

The study also tries to imply that SCOTUS cares about the public perception of its decisions, and it probably does - but this isn't something they prove. Instead, the study deals with the sentiment across focus groups.


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dang10/01/2024

Thanks! Maybe we'll switch to that URL from https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/732956, which doesn't give access to the paper.