About Me

Robert J. Hume is a Professor of Political Science at Fordham University, with degrees from the College of the Holy Cross (B.A.) and the University of Virginia (M.A., Ph.D.). He is the author of three books on law and policy: How Courts Impact Federal Administrative Behavior (Routledge 2009, winner of the 2010 Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award in Professional Studies), Courthouse Democracy and Minority Rights: Same-Sex Marriage in the States (Oxford University Press 2013), and Ethics and Accountability on the U.S. Supreme Court: An Analysis of Recusal Practices (SUNY Press 2017). He has published in American Politics Research, the Law & Society Review, the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Justice System Journal, and Publius. His textbook, Judicial Behavior and Policymaking: An Introduction (Rowman & Littlefield 2018), is now available.

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

The Institutional Consequences of Polarizing Rhetoric on the U.S. Supreme Court

Here is my Symposium presentation video for the 2016 Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago Illinois.  The presentation is called "The Institutional Consequences of Polarizing Rhetoric on the U.S. Supreme Court."  Email me if you are interested in the full paper.




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