The Racialization of the United States Supreme Court? Examining Changes in Public Opinion Toward SCOTUS Over Time.
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| Title: | The Racialization of the United States Supreme Court? Examining Changes in Public Opinion Toward SCOTUS Over Time. |
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| Authors: | Shoub, Kelsey (AUTHOR), Scott, Jamil S. (AUTHOR), Christiani, Leah (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Political Behavior. Jun2026, Vol. 48 Issue 2, p613-633. 21p. |
| Subjects: | Racialization, Public opinion, Supreme Court justices (U.S.), Ideology, Racial & ethnic attitudes, United States. Supreme Court, Time series analysis, Social processes |
| Abstract: | While the Supreme Court generally sees high levels of support, that support is not necessarily uniform: individual-level characteristics like ideology, partisanship, and racial identity shape the extent to which individuals approve of the Court. However, it less clear whether other types of attitudes may also relate to Court approval. Here we specifically question whether racial attitudes affect approval of the Supreme Court—and if that relationship persists from one time point to another. With an over-time analyses of the ANES (1980–2020) and CES (2010–2020), we find that Whites' specific support for the Court is linked to their racial attitudes. Over time, the direction of this relationship has changed; while hostile racial attitudes used to be linked with negative evaluations of the Court, they are now linked with positive evaluations. Further, these findings persist after accounting for political ideology in multiple ways, indicating that the link is not merely a proxy for ideology. These findings clarify the relationship between racial attitudes and Supreme Court approval and demonstrate how it has changed over time, contributing to our understanding of the pervasiveness of racial attitudes and of heterogeneity in approval of the Supreme Court. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | While the Supreme Court generally sees high levels of support, that support is not necessarily uniform: individual-level characteristics like ideology, partisanship, and racial identity shape the extent to which individuals approve of the Court. However, it less clear whether other types of attitudes may also relate to Court approval. Here we specifically question whether racial attitudes affect approval of the Supreme Court—and if that relationship persists from one time point to another. With an over-time analyses of the ANES (1980–2020) and CES (2010–2020), we find that Whites' specific support for the Court is linked to their racial attitudes. Over time, the direction of this relationship has changed; while hostile racial attitudes used to be linked with negative evaluations of the Court, they are now linked with positive evaluations. Further, these findings persist after accounting for political ideology in multiple ways, indicating that the link is not merely a proxy for ideology. These findings clarify the relationship between racial attitudes and Supreme Court approval and demonstrate how it has changed over time, contributing to our understanding of the pervasiveness of racial attitudes and of heterogeneity in approval of the Supreme Court. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 01909320 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11109-025-10043-5 |
