Regional political culture shapes the attitudes judges bring to the bench

Evidence

Established social practices and patterns of opinion within a particular region may also influence judicial attitudes. The values and beliefs of those growing up in the South before the Civil War, for example, were inevitably affected by the institution of slavery, although reactions to that system varied among individuals. More recently, scholars have documented differences in political culture among the various states, differences in patterns of thought and behavior that presumably affect all within those states. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2576

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Judges bring consistent long-established political views to the bench — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2572; Judicial decisions result from attitudes, role conceptions, and institutional constraints interacting together. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1286; Generational events shape judicial attitudes along with everyone else’s. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1306 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Judges’ politics, gender, and family shape their rulings empirically #corroborates (0.82)
• Judges’ race, gender, and politics measurably shift their case outcomes #corroborates (0.82) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 750
• Political selection fills the courts with judges holding established partisan views #expands (0.80) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2571
• Judges’ role beliefs are socialized through professional training and practice #qualifies (0.78)
• Judges rely on personal values when competing legal principles are evenly balanced #qualifies (0.75) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 156