Bonica, Adam; Chilton, Adam S.; Sen, Maya - 2020
theories have overlooked a key factor: the relative ideologies of the litigating parties. We develop and test a new theory that … the importance of the case and the possibility of ideological bias against the petitioner. We test this theory using a new … 2003 to 2015. We ?nd strong support for the theory: petitions are more likely to be granted when the petitioning party is …
