RT Article
T1 Presidential Influence on Police Practices: The U.S. President’s Indirect Impact on Fourth Amendment Case Outcome Through Supreme Court Appointments
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 38
IS 3
SP 422
OP 438
A1 Donner, Christopher M.
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764200292
AB Utilizing presidential influence theory as a conceptual framework, this study examines the extent to which U.S. presidents effect police practice case outcome through the Supreme Court justices they nominate. Through their confirmed nominees, presidents can have an enduring political impact long after they have left office. Results from a sample of 253 Fourth Amendment police practice cases from 1953–1997 demonstrate that presidents do have an indirect influence on police search and seizure practices. While presidents do not vote in Supreme Court cases, they still have an effect on case outcome because their appointees generally vote along similar ideological lines. Specific results, study limitations, and policy implications for law enforcement agencies are discussed.
K1 Fourth Amendment
K1 Presidential influence
K1 U.S. Supreme Court
DO 10.1007/s12103-012-9180-4