Alexander Hamilton in Federalist 78 famously called the judiciary the “least dangerous branch” of government....
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Chris W. Bonneau
Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
Biography
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.
In Defense of Judicial Elections by Chris W. Bonneau & Melinda Gann Hall
Chris W. Bonneau
Alexander Hamilton in Federalist 78 famously called the judiciary the “least dangerous branch” of government....