Senior Legal Fellow, Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law, Advancing American Freedom
Vice President, Practice Groups, The Federalist Society
Clinical Professor of Law, Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Chapman University
Clinical Professor of Law, Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Chapman University
Vice President for Legal Affairs, Goldwater Institute
Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
Chris W. Bonneau is Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh, where he has been since 2002. His research is primarily in the areas of judicial selection (specifically, judicial elections) and judicial decisionmaking. Professor Bonneau’s work has been supported by the National Science Foundation and he has published numerous articles, including in the American Journal of Political Science and Journal of Politics. He is also the coauthor of three books: Strategic Behavior and Policy Choice on the U.S. Supreme Court (2005), In Defense of Judicial Elections (2009), and the award-winning Voters’ Verdicts: Citizens, Campaigns, and Institutions in State Supreme Court Elections (2015).
Professor Bonneau teaches undergraduate classes in constitutional law, judicial politics, and research methods, as well as graduate classes in judicial politics and research design.
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Cornerstone of Liberty
Private property is one of humanity’s great discoveries, like fire, or DNA, or the scientific...
State Court Docket Watch News Clips: 11/30/2015
A former legislative staffer and two North Carolina voters have filed suit challenging the constitutionality...
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What Does "One Person, One Vote" Really Mean?
On December 8, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Evenwel v. Abbott, a...
One Person, One Vote: Advancing Electoral Equality, Not Equality of Representation
Hans A. Von Spakovsky, Elizabeth Slattery
Note from the Editor: This article previews Evenwel v. Abbott, which will be heard by...
"Alaska Is Exempt!"
That was the banner headline in Alaska newspapers on August 3, when EPA announced its...
Part II: Can States Require Proof of Citizenship for Voter Registration?: Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona
Anthony (Tom) Caso
Note from the Editor: This article discusses the Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona...
2013 ABA Awards
ABA Watch previews some of the key honorees at this year’s ABA Annual Meeting in...
Can States Require Proof of Citizenship for Voter Registration?--Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona
Anthony (Tom) Caso
Introduction This term the Court will hear a case examining a perceived clash between state...
Texas Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Private-Property Owners in Case on Public Access to Beaches
Timothy Sandefur, Brittany LaCouture
In a case of first impression, the Texas Supreme Court recently ruled in Severance v....
A Survey of Empirical Evidence Concerning Judicial Elections
Chris W. Bonneau
The election of state judges is a controversial topic. Consider, for example, this quote from...