Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Introduction / Sheldon Goldman
Part I. The Earliest Social Science Studies of the Chief Justice Revisited / David J. Danelski
1. The Influence of the Chief Justice in the Decisional Process of the Supreme Court / David J. Danelski
2. An Exploratory Study of Opinion Assignment by the Chief Justice Revisited / David J. Danelski
3. The Influence of the Chief Justice in the Decisional Process of the Supreme Court Revisited: Personality and Leadership / David J. Danelski
Part II. Becoming the Chief / David J. Danelski
4. Selecting the Chief: Presidential Calculation in Appointing Chief Justices / Christine L. Nemacheck
5. Confirming Chiefs: Ideology, Opportunity, and the Court’s Center Chair / Kevin J. McMahon
Part III. Influence on the Bench / Artemus Ward
6. The Chief Justice and Oral Arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court / Timothy R. Johnson and Charles Gregory
7. Forecasting Opinion Assignment on the U.S. Supreme Court / Paul J. Wahlbeck, Alyx Mark, Ryan Krog, and Phillip J. Wininger
8. The Chief Justice and Procedural Power / Charles M. Cameron and Tom Clark
9. Honeymoon on the Court? Chief Justices and Consensus Building on the Supreme Court / Amy Steigerwalt, Pamela C. Corley, and Artemus Ward
10. Genuine Leader or Merely “First Among Equals”? Probing the Leadership Capacity of the Chief Justice / Brandon L. Bartels and Phillip J. Wininger
11. Herding Scorpions: The Chief Justice as Social Leader / Ryan C. Black, Ryan J. Owens, and Justin Wedeking
12. Troll-In-Chief? Affective Opinion Content and the Influence of the Chief Justice / Douglas Rice and Christopher Zorn
13. Statutory Interpretation and the Chief Justice: Activism or Judicial Discretion? / Kirk A. Randazzo and Rebecca Reid
Part IV. Influence Off the Bench / Artemus Ward
14. The Chief Justice as Administrative Leader: Explaining Agenda Size / Richard L. Vining Jr. and Teena Wilhelm
15. Be Careful With My Court: Legitimacy, Public Opinion, and the Chief Justices / Shawn C. Fettig and Sara C. Benesh
Epilogue / David J. Danelski and Artemus Ward
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
Index