Replication data for: On the Ideological Foundations of Supreme Court Legitimacy in the American Public (doi:10.7910/DVN/NY6NSO)

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Citation

Title:

Replication data for: On the Ideological Foundations of Supreme Court Legitimacy in the American Public

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doi:10.7910/DVN/NY6NSO

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Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2012-06-15

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Bibliographic Citation:

Brandon Bartels; Christopher Johnston, 2012, "Replication data for: On the Ideological Foundations of Supreme Court Legitimacy in the American Public", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NY6NSO, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:5:dDG3hjRF1FkhELW3LNbWow== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication data for: On the Ideological Foundations of Supreme Court Legitimacy in the American Public

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/NY6NSO

Authoring Entity:

Brandon Bartels (George Washington University)

Christopher Johnston (Duke University)

Producer:

Brandon Bartels

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Brandon Bartels

Depositor:

Brandon Bartels

Date of Deposit:

2012-06-14

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NY6NSO

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences, Institutional legitimacy, Supreme courts, Ideological preferences, Public opinion

Abstract:

Conventional wisdom says that individuals’ ideological preferences do not influence Supreme Court legitimacy orientations. Most work is based on the assumption that the contemporary Court is objectively conservative in its policymaking, meaning that ideological disagreement should come from liberals and agreement from conservatives. Our nuanced look at the Court’s policymaking suggests rational bases for perceiving the Court’s contemporary policymaking as conservative, moderate, and even liberal. We argue that subjective ideological disagreement—incongruence between one’s ideological preferences and one’s perception of the Court’s ideological tenor—must be accounted for when explaining legitimacy. Analysis of a national survey shows that subjective ideological disagreement exhibits a potent, deleterious impact on legitimacy. Ideology exhibits sensible connections to legitimacy depending on how people perceive the Court’s ideological tenor. Results from a survey experiment support our posited mechanism. Our work has implications for the public’s view of the Court as a “political” institution.

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United States

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Citation

Title:

Bartels, Brandon L., and Christopher D. Johnston. 2013. “On the Ideological Foundations of Supreme Court Legitimacy in the American Public.” <i>American Journal of Political Science</i> 57 (1): 184–99.

Identification Number:

10.1111/j.1540-5907.2012.00616.x

Bibliographic Citation:

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File: 2005AnnenbergSC-Lawers.tab

Number of cases: 859
No. of variables per record: 10
Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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2005 Annenberg Supreme Court Data – Lawyers

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File: 2005AnnenbergSC-MassPublic.tab

Number of cases: 1504
No. of variables per record: 38
Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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2005 Annenberg Supreme Court Data – Mass Public

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File: SupremeCourtLiberalism1953-2008TermsAllDecisions.tab

Number of cases: 56
No. of variables per record: 2
Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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Supreme Court Liberalism, 1953-2008 Terms - All Decisions

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File: SupremeCourtLiberalism1953-2008TermsSalientDecisions.tab

Number of cases: 56
No. of variables per record: 2
Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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Supreme Court Liberalism, 1953-2008 Terms - Salient Decisions

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File: SurveyExperiment.tab

Number of cases: 1061
No. of variables per record: 19
Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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Survey Experiment Data

Variable Description

List of Variables:

Hispanic
PoliticalTrust
White
Black
Age
StrongAgreement
TacitAgreement
ModerateDisagreement
StrongDisagreement
SupremeCourtLegitimacy
PerceivedSCIdeology - -1=SC perceived as liberal, 0=moderate, 1=conservative
Hispanic
Legit_trust
PoliticalTrust
Legit_favorgroup
Legit_mixedup
Ideology5pt
White
Black
Age
Legit_trustwhole
PerceptionCourtLiberal
PerceptionCourtModerate
PerceptionCourtConservative
AwarenessofCourt
Ideology5ptSquared
Ideology3pt - 0=Lib, .5=Mod, 1=Cons
Democrat
Independent
Republican
Legit_doaway
Female
Education
DiffMediaExposure
IdeoDisagree3pt - 0=Strong Agree, .5=Moderate Disagree, 1=Strong Disagree
PercCtLibXIdeology5pt
PercCtLibXIdeology5ptSqd
PercCtConsXIdeology5pt
PercCtConsXIdeology5ptSqd
IdeoDisagree4pt - 4=strong dis, 3=mod dis, 2=tacit agr, 1=strong agr
StrongAgreement
TacitAgreement
ModerateDisagreement
StrongDisagreement
SupremeCourtLegitimacy
StrongDisXAwareness
ModerateDisXAwareness
TacitDisXAwareness
term - term of the court
pctlib
term - term of the court
pctlib_salient
ppage - age
ppeducat - education (categorical)
ppethm - race / ethnicity
xparty7 - political party, 7 categories
xideo - political ideology
q8 - q8: if the u.s. supreme court started making a lot of decisions that most people
q9 - q9: the supreme court can usually be trusted to make decisions that are right fo
q10 - q10: the right of the supreme court to decide certain types of controversial iss
q11 - q11: the u.s. supreme court should have the right to say what the constitution m
TreatmentDecisionIdeo - 0=conservative 1=liberal decision
treatpol - 0=ctrl, 1=countmaj, 2=ideo, 3=polit, 4=legal
SupremeCourtLegitimacy - inst legit scale; q8-q11
PolicyPreference - Opinion on Terrorism 4pt (q1); 0=lib, 1=cons
Age
Female
Black
Hispanic
Education
PolicyPrefXTreatmentDecIdeo

Variables

Hispanic

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Value	Label	Frequency	Text
2.	no	0
1.	yes	0
9.	refused	0
8.	don’t know	0

Variable Format: numeric

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PoliticalTrust

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Variable Format: numeric

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White

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Black

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Age

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Variable Format: numeric

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StrongAgreement

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Variable Format: numeric

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TacitAgreement

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Variable Format: numeric

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ModerateDisagreement

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StrongDisagreement

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Variable Format: numeric

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SupremeCourtLegitimacy

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Variable Format: numeric

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-1=SC perceived as liberal, 0=moderate, 1=conservative

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Variable Format: numeric

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Hispanic

f2415956 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency	Text
8.	don’t know	0
2.	no	0
1.	yes	0
9.	refused	0

Variable Format: numeric

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Legit_trust

f2415956 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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PoliticalTrust

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Variable Format: numeric

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Legit_favorgroup

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Variable Format: numeric

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Legit_mixedup

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Variable Format: numeric

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Ideology5pt

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Variable Format: numeric

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White

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Black

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Age

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Variable Format: numeric

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Legit_trustwhole

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Variable Format: numeric

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PerceptionCourtLiberal

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Variable Format: numeric

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PerceptionCourtModerate

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Variable Format: numeric

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PerceptionCourtConservative

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Variable Format: numeric

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AwarenessofCourt

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Variable Format: numeric

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Ideology5ptSquared

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Variable Format: numeric

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0=Lib, .5=Mod, 1=Cons

f2415956 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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Democrat

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Variable Format: numeric

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Independent

f2415956 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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Republican

f2415956 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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Legit_doaway

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Variable Format: numeric

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Female

f2415956 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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Education

f2415956 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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DiffMediaExposure

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Variable Format: numeric

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0=Strong Agree, .5=Moderate Disagree, 1=Strong Disagree

f2415956 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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PercCtLibXIdeology5pt

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Variable Format: numeric

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PercCtLibXIdeology5ptSqd

f2415956 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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PercCtConsXIdeology5pt

f2415956 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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PercCtConsXIdeology5ptSqd

f2415956 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:jUnVhenj/wwLuRov5zeS+g==

4=strong dis, 3=mod dis, 2=tacit agr, 1=strong agr

f2415956 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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StrongAgreement

f2415956 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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TacitAgreement

f2415956 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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ModerateDisagreement

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Variable Format: numeric

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StrongDisagreement

f2415956 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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SupremeCourtLegitimacy

f2415956 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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StrongDisXAwareness

f2415956 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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ModerateDisXAwareness

f2415956 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:8mAEqmG+mO7ifaWFJ3HMzg==

TacitDisXAwareness

f2415956 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:EhuXvP5ykYxiROJTS3/ixQ==

term of the court

f2415954 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:lI2LHUCltkS5ZuKyl7lIQw==

pctlib

f2415954 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:CU7rn1qd1vw+KKGEVGtScg==

term of the court

f2415955 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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pctlib_salient

f2415955 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:sKxaaSnj4puwZjuAoAO/DQ==

age

f2415953 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency	Text
-1.	refused	0
-2.	not asked	0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:FR/wLE0gTI7xXMilF9s8eQ==

education (categorical)

f2415953 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency
-2.	not asked	0
-1.	refused	0
3.	some college	280
2.	high school	351
1.	less than high school	102
4.	bachelor's degree or higher	328

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:OhIPMKTrvFwbob1TBsSZ3A==

race / ethnicity

f2415953 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency
1.	white, non-hispanic	818
3.	other, non-hispanic	42
5.	2+ races, non-hispanic	40
4.	hispanic	83
2.	black, non-hispanic	78
-2.	not asked	0
-1.	refused	0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:Cx41yKo3gamAPZyI9BMb2A==

political party, 7 categories

f2415953 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency
7.	strong democrat	189
3.	leans republican	169
8.	dummy	0
5.	leans democrat	219
2.	not strong republican	158
6.	not strong democrat	134
1.	strong republican	144
4.	undecided/independent/other	48
9.	missing	0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:FH/TwLOJHpCT4gJmsgyxyA==

political ideology

f2415953 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency
2.	liberal	128
4.	moderate, middle of the road	382
6.	conservative	214
9.	missing	16
8.	dummy	0
5.	slightly conservative	140
3.	slightly liberal	113
1.	extremely liberal	28
7.	extremely conservative	40

Variable Format: numeric

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q8: if the u.s. supreme court started making a lot of decisions that most people

f2415953 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency
4.	disagree somewhat	264
5.	disagree strongly	338
1.	agree strongly	39
-1.	refused	0
2.	agree somewhat	142
3.	neither agree nor disagree	267

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:H9Zg3TP8F62glMJ2llUrjA==

q9: the supreme court can usually be trusted to make decisions that are right fo

f2415953 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency
1.	agree strongly	125
4.	disagree somewhat	121
2.	agree somewhat	466
3.	neither agree nor disagree	309
5.	disagree strongly	28
-1.	refused	0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:0o8HIt6F7SP99oIzh91YdQ==

q10: the right of the supreme court to decide certain types of controversial iss

f2415953 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency
1.	agree strongly	63
4.	disagree somewhat	222
-1.	refused	0
5.	disagree strongly	135
2.	agree somewhat	292
3.	neither agree nor disagree	336

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:QX5a+CY/i3lt8N+UdnuZcA==

q11: the u.s. supreme court should have the right to say what the constitution m

f2415953 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency
-1.	refused	0
3.	neither agree nor disagree	259
5.	disagree strongly	79
1.	agree strongly	174
4.	disagree somewhat	196
2.	agree somewhat	341

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:NUYDDDpY5g3ULuLx2CEJeA==

0=conservative 1=liberal decision

f2415953 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:A/iMzI4JQ1xIOGNrnrafzQ==

0=ctrl, 1=countmaj, 2=ideo, 3=polit, 4=legal

f2415953 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:NBvTVx8WdvCgYgqx0Fd9vg==

inst legit scale; q8-q11

f2415953 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:XCvKoZBBJ8VmU6ssZtcCkw==

Opinion on Terrorism 4pt (q1); 0=lib, 1=cons

f2415953 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:X0gPXySF4pW5t/2nV2RbLg==

Age

f2415953 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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Female

f2415953 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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Black

f2415953 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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Hispanic

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Variable Format: numeric

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Education

f2415953 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:hihs9CNJP3RkF4edI1SeDw==

PolicyPrefXTreatmentDecIdeo

f2415953 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:qbFPqp2kC8W8as6Px/E9lQ==

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