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	%0 Journal Article
	%A James Meernik and  Joseph Ignagni and  Rebecca Deen
	%D 2012
	%J International Journal of Law and Political Sciences
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 68, 2012
	%T U.S. Supreme Court Justices and Partisanship: Support for the President and Solicitor General
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/8405
	%V 68
	%X This paper analyzes the extent to which the justices of
the U.S. Supreme Court cast votes that support the positions of the
president, or more generally the Executive Branch. Can presidents
count on such deference from those justices they nominate or those
whom are nominated by other presidents of the same party? Or, do
the justices demonstrate judicial independence and impartiality such
that they are not so predisposed to vote in favor of arguments of their
nominating president-s party? The results suggest that while in
general the justices do not exhibit any marked tendency to partisan
support of presidents, more recent and conservative Supreme Court
justices are significantly more likely to support Republican
presidents.
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