Entry:

Caldeira, Gregory A., "Neither the Purse Nor the Sword: Dynamics of Public Confidence in the Supreme Court," American Political Science Review, 80 (December, 1986), 1209-1226.

Abstract:

Apart from a relatively constant core support, increases in judicial activism, inflation, and solicitude for the rights of the accused decreased support for the Supreme Court while Watergate, increases in Presidential popularity, and the public salience of the court brought about increased confidence for the high bench.

1972-1984

Other Data Sets:

Harris 1966-1971