Research

Journal Articles

Chapters in Edited Volumes

  • Rivero, Albert H., and Ellen M. Key. "Congress and the Courts." In Research Handbook of Judicial Politics. Michael D. Fix and Matthew D. Montgomery, eds. Forthcoming, Edward Elgar.

Working Papers

  • "Does the Supreme Court Constrain Lower Court Behavior?"
  • "The Effect of Judges' Religious Diversity on Support for Religious Liberty Claims."  With Amy Lakeman.  Presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association and the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.
  • "The Political Supply and Demand of Federal Litigation." Presented at the 2021 Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association and the Midwest Political Science Association and the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association.
  • "Promoting a Diverse Bench: Elite Messaging about Descriptive Characteristics and Public Support for Supreme Court Nominees." With Jaclyn Kaslovsky and Andrew R. Stone.
  • "Supreme Court Compromise." Presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.

In Progress

  • Principles and the Public: Elite Legal Rhetoric and Americans' Attitudes toward the Courts. With Andrew R. Stone. Book project.
  • Our Thirteen Courts: Law, Politics, and Geography in the Courts of Appeals. Book project. Portions of this project were presented at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. An earlier version of this project was presented at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association.
  • "The Effect of Partisan Cues on U.S. Supreme Court Justices."
  • "Legal Rhetoric in Public Discussion of Abortion Rights from Roe to Dobbs." With Andrew R. Stone.
  • "Multidimensional Descriptive Representation and Public Communication about Nominees." With Jaclyn Kaslovsky and Andrew R. Stone.