Elizabeth Lane

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Bio

Elizabeth Lane an Assistant Professor of Political Science an North Carolina State University. She earned her PhD from Michigan State University in American politics and research methods in 2019. Her research centers on the intersection of race, gender, and judicial behavior at the United States Supreme Court. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the American Political Science Association. Her research has appeared in American Politics Research, the Journal of Law and Courts, and the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law, and was featured by The London School of Economics Phelen Center Blog and Vox.

Website: https://elizabethalane.com/

Publications

• Persuading the Supreme Court: The Significance of Briefs in Judicial Decision Making. By Morgan L. W. Hazelton and Rachael K. Hinkle. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 2022. 275p. $32.95 paper. , Perspectives on Politics (2023)
• State Courts, State Legislatures, and Setting Abortion Policy , Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law (2023)
• A Separation-of-Powers Approach to the Supreme Court’s Shrinking Caseload , Journal of Law and Courts (2022)
• Politicized Battles: How Vacancies and Partisanship Influence Support for the Supreme Court , American Politics Research (2022)
• Judicial Discretion and US Supreme Court Agenda Setting , Open Judicial Politics (2020)
• Review of The President and the Supreme Court: Going Public on Judicial Decisions from Washington to Trump by Paul M , Law and Politics Book Review (2020)
• The Purpose of Senatorial Grandstanding during Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings , Journal of Law and Courts (2020)
• 'A Matter of Great Importance’: Senator Preparation for Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings , (2019)
• Agenda Setting and Case Selection on the U.S. Supreme Court , Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics (2017)

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