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Evaluates the impact of the Court's discretionary jurisdiction, changing caseload, associate justice characteristics, and judicial leadership.

INFLUENCE SUPPORT PATTERNS EXISTING WITHIN FEDERAL 3 JUDGE DISTRICT COURTS IN THE US ARE EXAMINED THROUGH THE USE OF SEVERAL BEHAVIORAL INDICATORS. 3 JUDGE DISTRICT COURTS ARE CONCEPTUALIZED AS SMALL POLITICAL GROUPS WHOSE MEMBERS WORK IN A COLLEGIAL ATMOSPHERE TO DECIDE LEGAL CASES. THE MEMBERS OF THESE GROUPS WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF STATUS & EXPERTISE WOULD PROBABLY BE THE MOST INFLUENTIAL DECISION-MAKERS WITHIN THE 3 JUDGE COURT STRUCTURE. DATA WERE GATHERED ON THE DECISIONS OF 56 3 JUDGE DISTRICT COURTS DURING THE YEARS 1963-1968. BASED UPON AN EXAMINATION OF OPINION WRITING RATES & OPINION SUPPORT PATTERNS, INFLUENCE STRUCTURES WITHIN THE GROUPS WERE DETERMINED. THE MOST INFLUENTIAL JUDGES SITTING ON SUCH COURTS WERE THOSE WITH RELATIVELY HS LEVELS, FOLLOWED BY THOSE JUDGES WITH RELATIVELY HIGH LEVELS OF EXPERTISE. JUDGES WHO POSSESSED RELATIVELY LOW LEVELS OF STATUS & EXPERTISE DEMONSTRATED LITTLE INFLUENCE WITHIN THESE JUDICIAL GROUPS. 1 TABLE. AA.

Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court -- The judiciary -- The legislature -- The executive -- Inter-branch interactions -- Federalism -- The commerce power -- The power to tax and spend -- The contract clause -- Economic substantive due process -- The takings clause

Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court -- The judiciary : institutional powers and constraints -- Incorporation of the Bill of Rights -- Religion : exercise and establishment -- Freedom of speech, assembly, and association -- Freedom of the press -- The boundaries of free expression : libel, obscenity, and emerging areas of government regulation -- The right to keep and bear arms -- Privacy and personal liberty -- Investigations and evidence -- Attorneys, trials, and punishments -- Discrimination -- Contemporary approaches to equal protection -- Voting and representation

The U.S. Constitution -- The living Constitution -- Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court -- Institutional authority -- The judiciary -- The legislature -- The executive -- Nation-state relations -- Federalism -- The commerce power -- The power to tax and spend -- Economic liberties -- The contract clause -- Economic substantive due process -- The Takings Clause -- Civil liberties -- Religion : exercise and establishment -- Freedom of speech, assembly, and association -- Freedom of the press -- The right to keep and bear arms -- The right to privacy -- The rights of the criminally accused -- Investigations and evidence -- Attorneys, trials, and punishments -- Civil rights -- Discrimination -- Voting and representation

Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court -- The judiciary -- The legislature -- The executive -- The separation of powers system in action -- Federalism -- The commerce power -- The power to tax and spend -- The contract clause -- Economic substantive due process -- The takings clause

Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court -- The judiciary : institutional powers and constraints -- Incorporation of the bill of rights -- Religion : exercise and establishment -- Freedom of speech, assembly, and association -- Freedom of the press -- The boundaries of free expression : libel, obscenity, and emerging areas of government regulation -- The first Amendment and the Internet -- The right ot keep and bear arms -- The right to privacy.