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Kevin T. McGuire
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.

Office Hours, Fall 2009
Tuesday, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Thursday, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Recent publications

“There Was a Crooked Man(uscript):  A Not-So-Serious Look at the Serious Subject of Plagiarism.”  PS:  Political Science & Politics  (Forthcoming).

"Measuring Policy Content on the U.S. Supreme Court."  With Georg Vanberg, Charles E. Smith, Jr., and Gregory A. Caldeira.  Journal of Politics  (Forthcoming).

"Public Schools, Religious Establishments, and the U.S. Supreme Court:  An Examination of Policy Compliance."  2009.  American Politics Research 37:50-74.

“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.