Ginn, Martha Humphries, Kathleen Searles, and Amanda Jones. 2015. "Vouching for the Court? How High Stakes Affect Knowledge and Support of the Supreme Court." Justice System Journal ​36(2): 164-179.


Reid, Rebecca and Kirk A. Randazzo. 2015. "Statutory Language and the Separation of Powers." Justice System Journal.


Masood, Ali S. and Donald R. Songer. 2013. "Reevaluating the Implications of Decision-Making Models: The Role of Summary Decisions in U.S. Supreme Court Analysis." Journal of Law and Courts 1(2): 363-389.


Kimel, TJ and Kirk A. Randazo. 2012. "Shaping the Federal Courts: The Obama Nominees." Social Science Quarterly 93 (December): 1243-1250.


Kassow, Benjamin, Donald R. Songer, and Michael P. Fix. 2012. "The Influence of Precedent on State Supreme Courts." Political Research Quarterly 65(June): 372 - 384.


Sanchez Urribarri, Raul, Susanne Schorpp, Kirk A. Randazzo, and Donald R. Songer. 2011. "Explaining Changes to Rights Litigation: Testing a Multivariate Model in a Comparative Framework." The Journal of Politics 73: 391-405.


Sanchez Urribarri, Raul, Susanne Schorpp, Kirk A. Randazzo, and Donald R. Songer. 2011. "The Support Structure and Sustained Attention to Rights: A Rejoinder." The Journal of Politics 73: 410-411.


Randazzo, Kirk A., Richard W. Waterman, and Michael P. Fix. 2011. "State Supreme Courts and the Effects of Statutory Constraint: A Test of the Model of Contingent Discretion." Political Research Quarterly 64(4): 779-789.


Johnson, Susan W., Donald R. Songer, and Nadia Jilani. 2011. "Judge Gender, Critical Mass, and Decision Making in the Supreme Court of Canada." Journal of Women, Politics and Policy 32: 237-260. 


Jilani, Nadia, Donald R. Songer, and Susan W. Johnson. 2010. "Gender, Consciousness Raising, and Decision Making on the Supreme Court of Canada." Judicature 94: 59-69.


Roy, Dona and Donald R. Songer. 2010. "Does the Attitudinal Model Explain Unanimous Reversals?" The Justice System Journal. 31(3): 342-372.


Fix, Michael P. and Kirk A. Randazzo. 2010. "Judicial Deference and National Security: Applications of the Political Question and Act of State Doctrines." Democracy and Security 6 (Number 1): 1-16.


Barnes Bowie, Jennifer and Donald R. Songer. 2009. "Assessing the Applicability of Strategic Theory to Explain Decision Making on the Courts of Appeals." Political Research Quarterly 62: 393-407.

Savchak, Elisha and A.J. Barghothi. 2007. "The Influence of Appointment and Retention Constituencies: Testing Strategies of Judicial Decisionmaking." State Politics and Policy Quarterly 7(4): 394-415.

Savchak, Elisha, Thomas G. Hansford, Donald R. Songer, Kenneth L. Manning, and Robert A. Carp. 2006. "Taking It to the Next Level: The Elevation of District Court Judges to the U.S. Courts of Appeals." American Journal of Political Science 50: 478-493.

Szmer, John and Donald R. Songer. 2005. "The Effects of Information on the Accuracy of Presidential Assessments of Supreme Court Nominee Preferences."Political Research Quarterly 58: 151-160.

Graduate Publications in Public Law and Judicial Politics

In Print

Songer, Donald R., Mirosleva Radieva, and Rebecca Reid. "Gender Diversity in the Intermediate Appellate Courts of Canada." Justice System Journal

Forthcoming​