When the first Supreme Court convened in 1790, it was so ill-esteemed that its justices frequently resigned in favor of other pursuits. John Rutledge stepped do

In Democracy in America, De Tocqueville observed that there is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judic

How oral arguments influence the decisions of Supreme Court justices.

This book examines whether and how the Office of the Solicitor General influences the United States Supreme Court. Combining archival data with recent innovatio