RT Article
T1 The impact of the threat of terrorism on U.S. District Court decisions during wartime
JF Terrorism and political violence
VO 29
IS 5
SP 793
OP 829
A1 Tauber, Steven C.
A2 Banks, Christopher P.
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1870763122
AB Federal courts are key actors in the U.S. government’s fight against terrorism because they adjudicate cases based on the USA PATRIOT Act, and accordingly make national security policy. We examine the extent that the terror threat influences judicial decisions in a dataset of 111 USA PATRIOT Act cases decided in the U.S. District Courts from 2001 through 2013, while controlling for other judicial decision-making variables. The results demonstrate that when a case involves a heightened terror threat, federal judges are more likely to defer to the government. Some key control variables are also significant.
NO Gesehen am 21.11.2023
NO Published online: 25 Jul 2015
K1 Federal judiciary
K1 Terrorism
K1 terror prosecution
K1 terror threat
K1 USA PATRIOT Act
DO 10.1080/09546553.2015.1049341