Judicial Responsiveness to Valence Issues: An Event History Analysis of the Initial Sex Offender Registration and Notification (SORN) Laws
| Autor: | Bianca Easterly |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Sociology and Political Science
Judicial review Sex offender Compromise media_common.quotation_subject Democratic accountability 05 social sciences 0506 political science Politics Law Political science 050602 political science & public administration 050501 criminology Valence (psychology) Minority rights 0505 law media_common |
| Zdroj: | Law & Policy. 38:4-23 |
| ISSN: | 0265-8240 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/lapo.12046 |
| Popis: | Under what conditions does judicial responsiveness to the public's policy preferences compromise the court's role as a countermajoritarian institution? Scholars have yet to examine whether and how quickly state appellate court justices respond to valence issues. This study investigates the relationship between retention elections and judicial responsiveness to the initial sex offender registration and notification (SORN) laws popularized in the 1990s. Findings show that judges who participated in nonpartisan retention elections exhibited greater democratic accountability by engaging in judicial review of SORN laws earlier than judges in other retention election systems. Valence issues create political challenges for nonpartisan judges who, like their counterparts in other retention systems, are expected to balance majoritarian interests with minority rights. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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