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Interest Groups And Supreme Court Commerce Clause Regulation, 1920-1937, Barrett L. Anderson
Interest Groups And Supreme Court Commerce Clause Regulation, 1920-1937, Barrett L. Anderson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Did interest groups influence the Supreme Court’s interpretation of federal economic regulatory authority under the Commerce Clause leading up to the Supreme Court’s 1937 reversal? Recent scholarship has begun a renewed study of this tumultuous era seeking alternative explanations for the Court’s behavior beyond the conventional explanations concerning Roosevelt’s court packing plan. I build on this literature by extending the discussion to the influence that interest groups may have had on the Court. I propose that interest groups served as a supporting and influential audience for the Supreme Court as the justices’ institutional legitimacy became threatened by both the political …
Assessing Variation In Air Quality Perception: A Case Study In Utah, Karen Jayne Mendenhall
Assessing Variation In Air Quality Perception: A Case Study In Utah, Karen Jayne Mendenhall
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
In recent years, Utah has experienced poor air quality due to pollution-trapping winter inversions and summer ozone pollution. The resulting impacts of poor air quality include health issues, reduced visibility, economic impacts and ecological impacts. Utah’s topography and exploding urban population are factors which increase human exposure to these adverse impacts of air pollution. It is important for State and local governments to understand how people perceive air quality so that clean air campaigns target those who are most likely to foster pro-environmental behaviors. An analysis was conducted using data from a state-wide survey conducted in July 2017. The survey …