Research

External Grants:

King, Jonathan M. and Jessica A. Schoenherr (Co-PIs). “Collaborative Proposal: Precedent-Altering Opinions and Collegiality on the U.S. Supreme Court.” National Science Foundation, Law and Science Program. March 2024-February 2025. Total award: $159,476 (USC portion of award: $74,803).

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Publications:

Lane, Elizabeth A. and Jessica A. Schoenherr. Accepted. “Cite and Sway? Attorneys, Briefs, and Persuasion at the U.S. Supreme Court.” Journal of Politics. [Paper] [Appendix] [Dataverse]

Armaly, Miles T., Jonathan M. King, Elizabeth A. Lane, and Jessica A. Schoenherr. Forthcoming. “An Ecclesiastical Court: Christian Nationalism and Perceptions of the U.S. Supreme Court.” American Journal of Political Science. [Paper] [Appendix] [Dataverse]

Cota, Matthew T., Rachael B. Houston, Elizabeth A. Lane, and Jessica A. Schoenherr. Forthcoming. “Beyond The Front Page: U.S. Supreme Court Media Coverage in the Digital Age.” PS: Political Science & Politics. [Paper] [Appendix]

King, Jonathan M., Jessica A. Schoenherr, and Katelyn E. Stauffer. Forthcoming. “‘You Reached Out to Me for Help’: Female Attorneys, Anti-Feminist Outcomes, and Their Effects on Symbolic Representation.” Politics & Gender. [Paper] [Appendix]

• Winner, Neal Tate Award for Best Paper Presented in Judicial Politics, 2024, Southern Political Science Association

Scott, Jamil S., Elizabeth A. Lane, and Jessica A. Schoenherr. 2025. “You Better Shop Around: How Litigant Characteristics Influence Support for Supreme Court Decisions.” Journal of Politics 87(3): 1012-1027. [Paper] [Appendix] [Dataverse]

King, Jonathan M., Jessica A. Schoenherr, and Ian Ostrander. 2025. “Anchoring or Expanding? Gender and Judicial Nominations.” Political Research Quarterly 78(1): 135-150. [Paper] [Appendix] [Dataverse]

Armaly, Miles T. and Jessica A. Schoenherr. 2025. “Friendship is Rare: The Influence of Off-Bench Friendships on Support for the U.S. Supreme Court.” American Politics Research 53(2): 181-192. [Paper] [Appendix] 

Krewson, Christopher N., Jessica A. Schoenherr, and Marcy Shieh. 2024. “Did You Hear about Clarence Thomas? Measuring Public Attention toward the Supreme Court.” Research & Politics 11(2): 1-7. [Paper] [Appendix] [Dataverse]

King, Jonathan M. and Jessica A. Schoenherr. 2024. “A Matter of Opinion? How Unexpected Opinion Authors Influence Support for Supreme Court Decisions.” Journal of Law and Courts 12(1): 144-164. [Paper] [Appendix] [Dataverse]

Schoenherr, Jessica A. and Nicholas W. Waterbury. 2022. “Confessions at the Supreme Court: Judicial Response to Solicitor General Error.” Journal of Law and Courts 10(1): 13-36. [Paper] [Appendix] [Dataverse]

Schoenherr, Jessica A., Elizabeth A. Lane, and Miles T. Armaly. 2020. “The Electoral Purpose of Senatorial Grandstanding During Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings.” Journal of Law and Courts 8(2): 333-358. [Paper] [Appendix] [Dataverse]

Armaly, Miles T., Jonathan M. King, Elizabeth A. Lane, and Jessica A. Schoenherr. “Injunction Junction: The Supreme Court and the Politics of Nationwide Relief.”

King, Jonathan M., Jessica A. Schoenherr, and Katelyn E. Stauffer. “Changing Tides? How Diversifying the Federal Bench Changes the Supreme Court Bar.“

Hassett, Abigail V., Jonathan M. King, and Jessica A. Schoenherr. “Recuse Me? Public Perceptions of Supreme Court Justice Recusal Behavior.”