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Author Solberg, Rorie Spill, 1969- author.

Title The media, the court, and the misrepresentation : the new myth of the court / by Rorie Spill Solberg and Eric N. Waltenburg
Published New York : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series Law, courts and politics ; 4
Law, courts and politics ; 4.
Contents 1. Introduction : the myths of the court -- 2. Confirmation and the "cult of personality" -- 3. The decisional myth -- 4. The decisional myth, part 2 : the landmark cases -- 5. The personal myth -- 6. Conclusion : processing the myths of the court
Summary "The Court's decisions are interpreted and disseminated via the media. During this process, the media paints an image of the Court and its business. Like any artist, the media has license regarding what to cover and the amount of attention devoted to any aspect of the Court and its business. Some cases receive tremendous attention, while others languish on the back-pages or are ignored. These selection effects create a skewed picture of the Court and its work, and might affect public attitudes toward the Court. Indeed, studies of media coverage of other governmental institutions reveal that when, and how, their policy decisions are covered has implications for the public's understanding of, compliance with, support for, and cynicism about the policy. This book uncovers and describes this coverage and compares it to the Court's actual work, its members, and the confirmation hearings. Analyzing media coverage of nominations and confirmation hearings, the justices' 'extra-curricular' activities and their retirements/deaths, and the Court's opinions and comparing this coverage to analyses of confirmation transcripts and the Court's full docket, Rorie Spill Solberg and Eric N. Waltenburg contend that media now cover the Court and its personnel more similarly to its coverage of other political institutions. Journalists still regurgitate a mythology supported by the justices, a 'cult of the robe, ' wherein unbiased and apolitical judges mechanically base their decisions upon the law and the Constitution. Furthermore, they argue the media also focus on the 'cult of personality, ' wherein the media emphasize certain attributes of the justices and their work to match the public's preferences for subject matter and content. The media's portrayal, then, undercuts the Court's legitimacy and its reservoir of good will"-- Provided by publisher
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Subject United States. Supreme Court -- Press coverage -- United States
SUBJECT United States. Supreme Court fast
Subject Courts of last resort -- Press coverage -- United States
Judicial process -- United States
LAW -- Civil Procedure.
LAW -- Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
Judicial process
Press coverage
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Waltenburg, Eric N., 1965- author.
ISBN 9781135911737
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