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Extralegal Supreme Court Policy-Making, Joëlle Anne Moreno Dec 2015

Extralegal Supreme Court Policy-Making, Joëlle Anne Moreno

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The Colbert Report aired its final episode on December 18, 2014.1 Nine years earlier, on the first episode, Stephen Colbert coined the word “truthiness.” Truthiness satirized contemporary disinterest in empirical information in a country increasingly “divided between those who think with their head and those who know with their heart.” Truthiness was not just the Merriam-Webster word of the year. Over the past decade, it has been the unspoken mantra of reporters who give equal time to climate science denialists, faith healers, and vaccine refusers. When Justices of the Supreme Court decide questions of scientific or empirical fact—such as whether …


Comparing Judicial Selection Systems, Lee Epstein, Jack C. Knight, Olga Shvetsova Dec 2001

Comparing Judicial Selection Systems, Lee Epstein, Jack C. Knight, Olga Shvetsova

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