The Conscientious Justice

Reveals how Supreme Court justices' personalities, particularly conscientiousness, influence the Law, the High Court, and the Constitution.

1. Introduction; 2. A theory about justices and conscientiousness; 3. Measuring justices' conscientiousness; 4. Conscientiousness and Supreme Court agenda setting; 5. Conscientiousness and legal persuasion; 6. Conscientiousness and the United States Solicitor General; 7. Conscientiousness and majority opinion assignments; 8. Conscientiousness and opinion bargaining; 9. Conscientiousness and Supreme Court Opinion Content; 10. Conscientiousness and the treatment of precedent; 11. Conscientiousness and public opinion; 12. Conscientiousness and recusal; 13. Conclusion.