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Associate Professor of Political Science


Address
Campus Box #3265
353 Hamilton Hall
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Email
kmcguire[at]unc.edu
Phone
919-962-0431
 


Kevin T. McGuire

Kevin T. McGuire teaches courses on the U.S. Supreme Court and American constitutional law.  His current research interests include the influence of public opinion on the justices’ decisions, content analysis of the Court’s written opinions, measuring the ideology of the Court’s case outcomes over time, and compliance with judicial policy.

On leave until Fall 2008

Recent publications

"Public Schools, Religious Establishments, and the U.S. Supreme Court:  An Examination of Policy Compliance."  American Politics Research  (Forthcoming).

“Lawyers, Justices, and Issue Salience:  When and How Do Legal Arguments Affect the U.S. Supreme Court.”  2007.  With Andrea McAtee.  Law & Society Review 41:259-278.

Institutions of American Democracy:  The Judiciary.  2005.  Ed. with Kermit L. Hall.  New York:  Oxford University Press.

“Are the Justices Serving Too Long?  An Assessment of Tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court.”  2005.  Judicature 89:8-15.

“The Least Dangerous Branch Revisited:  New Evidence on Supreme Court Responsiveness to Public Preferences.”  2004.  With James A. Stimson.  Journal of Politics 66:1018-1035.

Winner of 2005 McGraw-Hill Award for Best Journal Article on Law and Courts written by a Political Scientist.