TY - BOOK AU - Gibson,James L. AU - Caldeira,Gregory A. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Citizens, courts, and confirmations: positivity theory and the judgments of the American people AV - KF8776 .G53 2009eb U1 - 347.73/14092 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press KW - Alito, Samuel A., KW - United States KW - Supreme Court KW - Officials and employees KW - Selection and appointment KW - Judges KW - Public opinion KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-174) and index; Introduction : the public and supreme court nominations -- Knowing about courts -- The popular legitimacy of the United States Supreme Court -- Institutional loyalty, positivity bias, and the Alito nomination -- A dynamic test of the positivity bias hypothesis -- Concluding thoughts, theory, and policy; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10421694 ER -