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Books
Bailey, Michael A. and Forrest Maltzman. The Constrained Court: Law, Politics and the Decisions Justices Make (Princeton 2011).
Binder, Sarah A. and Forrest Maltzman. Advice and Dissent: The Struggle to Shape the Federal Judiciary (Brookings 2009)
Maltzman, Forrest, James Spriggs, and Paul Wahlbeck. Crafting Law on the Supreme Court: The Collegial Game (Cambridge 2000)
Maltzman, Forrest. Competing Principals: Committees, Parties and the Organization of Congress (Michigan 1997)
Articles, chapters, and manuscripts, by category
Judicial politics
Maltzman, Forrest, Alyx Mark, Charles R. Shipan, and Michael Zilis. 2014. “Stepping on
Congress: Courts, Congress, and Inter-Institutional Politics.” Journal of Law and Courts (2): 219-240.
Article (click here)
Bailey, Michael A. and Forrest Maltzman. 2008. "Does Legal Doctrine Matter? Unpacking Law and Policy Preferences on the U.S. Supreme Court." American Political Science Review 102 (3): 369-384. Article (Click Here)
Bonneau, Chris, Thomas Hammond, Forrest Maltzman, and Paul Wahlbeck. 2007. "Agenda Control, the Median Justice, and the Majority Opinion on the U.S. Supreme Court." American Journal of Political Science. 51 (October): 890–90. Article (Click here).
Maltzman, Forrest. 2007. “The Politicized Judiciary: A Threat to Executive Power.” In Presidential Leadership: The Vortex of Power, ed. Richard W. Waterman and Bert Rockman. New York: Oxford University Press. Chapter (Click Here)
Bailey, Michael A. and Forrest Maltzman. 2005. "Interbranch Communication." Unpublished Manuscript (Click Here)
Bailey, Michael A., Brian Kamoie, and Forrest Maltzman. 2005. “Signals from the Tenth Justice: The Political Role of the Solicitor General in Supreme Court Decision-making.” American Journal of Political Science: 49 (January): 72-85. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest. 2005. “Advice and Consent: Cooperation and Conflict in the Appointment of Federal Judges.” In The Legislative Branch and American Democracy: Institutions and Performance, ed. Paul Quirk and Sarah A. Binder. New York: Oxford University Press.
Maltzman, Forrest and Paul J. Wahlbeck. 2004. “A Conditional Model of Opinion Assignment on the Supreme Court.” Political Research Quarterly 57 (December): 551-564. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest, James F. Spriggs, and Paul J. Wahlbeck. 2000. Crafting Law on the Supreme Court: the Collegial Game. New York: Cambridge University Press. Chapters 1 & 5 (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest; James F. Spriggs; and Paul J. Wahlbeck. 1999. “Strategy and Judicial Choice: New Institutionalist Approaches to Supreme Court Decision Making.” In Supreme Court Decision-Making: New Institutional Approaches ed., Cornell W. Clayton and Howard Gillman. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Chapter (Click Here)
Wahlbeck, Paul J.; James F. Spriggs; and Forrest Maltzman. 1999. “The Politics of Dissents and Concurrences on the U.S. Supreme Court.” American Politics Quarterly 27 (October):488-514. Article (Click Here)
Spriggs, James F.; Forrest Maltzman; and Paul J. Wahlbeck. 1999. “Bargaining on the U.S. Supreme Court: Justices’ Responses to Majority Opinion Drafts.” Journal of Politics 61 (May):485-506. Article (Click Here)
Wahlbeck, Paul J.; James F. Spriggs; and Forrest Maltzman. 1998. “Marshalling the Court: Bargaining and Accommodation on the United States Supreme Court.” American Journal of Political Science 42:294-315. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest and Paul J. Wahlbeck. 1996. “Strategic Policy Considerations and Voting Fluidity on the Burger Court.” American Political Science Review 90:581-592. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest and Paul J. Wahlbeck. 1996. “May It Please the Chief? Opinion Assignments in the Rehnquist Court.” American Journal of Political Science 40:421-433. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest and Paul J. Wahlbeck. 1996. “Inside the U.S. Supreme Court: The Reliability of the Justices’ Conference Records.” Journal of Politics 58:528-539. Article (Click Here)
Legislative politics
Bailey, Michael A., Forrest Maltzman, and Charles R. Shipan. Forthcoming. “Congress and the Judiciary in a Partisan and Polarized Era.” In Congress Reconsidered 13th edition, ed. Lawrence Dodd, Bruce Oppenheimer, and C. Lawrence Evans. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press. Article (Click here)
Maltzman, Forrest and Charles R. Shipan. 2008. “Continuity, Change, and the Evolution of the Law.” American Journal of Political Science. 52 (April): 252-267 Article (Click here) Online Appendix (Click here)
Primo, David; Sarah Binder; and Forrest Maltzman. 2008. "Who Consents? Competing Pivots in Federal Judicial Selection.” American Journal of Political Science 52 (July): 471-89. Article (click here)
Lawrence, Eric; Forrest Maltzman, and Steven S. Smith. 2006. “Who Wins? Party Effects in Legislative Voting.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 31 (February): 33-69. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest. 2005. “Advice and Consent: Cooperation and Conflict in the Appointment of Federal Judges.” In The Legislative Branch and American Democracy: Institutions and Performance, ed. Paul Quirk and Sarah A. Binder. New York: Oxford University Press.
Binder, Sarah A. and Forrest Maltzman. 2005. “Congress and the Politics of Judicial Appointments.” 2005. In Congress Reconsidered 8th ed., ed. Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer, Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press.
Binder, Sarah A. and Forrest Maltzman. 2004. “The Limits of Senatorial Courtesy.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 24 (February): 5-22. Article (Click here)
Auerswald, David and Forrest Maltzman. 2003. “Policymaking through Advice and Consent: Treaty Consideration by the United States Senate.” Journal of Politics 65 (November): 1097-1110. Article (Click Here)
Balla, Steven J., Eric Lawrence, Forrest Maltzman, and Lee Sigelman. 2002. “Partisanship, Blame Avoidance, and the Distribution of Legislative Pork.” American Journal of Political Science 46 (July): 515-525. Article (Click Here)
Binder, Sarah and Forrest Maltzman. 2002. “Senatorial Delay in Confirming Federal Judges, 1947-1998.” American Journal of Political Science 46 (January): 190-199. Article (Click Here)
Lawrence, Eric, Forrest Maltzman, and Paul J. Wahlbeck. 2001. “The Politics of Speaker Cannon’s Committee Assignments.” American Journal of Political Science 45 (July) 551-562. Article (Click Here)
Deering, Christopher J. and Forrest Maltzman. 1999. “The Politics of Executive Orders: Legislative Constraints on Presidential Power.” Political Research Quarterly 52 (December): 767-783. Article (Click Here)
Binder, Sarah A., Eric D. Lawrence, and Forrest Maltzman. 1999. “Uncovering the Hidden Effect of Party.” Journal of Politics 61 (August): 815-831. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest. 1997. Competing Principals: Committees, Parties, and the Organization of Congress. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. (paperback edition, 1998). Chapter 2 (Click Here)
Binder, Sarah A., Forrest Maltzman, and Lee Sigelman. 1998. “Senators’ Home-State Reputations: Why Do Constituents Love A Bill Cohen So Much More Than an Al D’Amato?” Legislative Studies Quarterly 23:545-560. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest. 1998. “Maintaining Congressional Committees: Sources of Member Support.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 23 (2): 197-218. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest and Lee Sigelman. 1996. “The Politics of Talk: Unconstrained Floor Time in the U.S. House of Representatives.” Journal of Politics 58:810-821. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest, Lee Sigelman, and Sarah Binder. 1996. “Leaving Office Feet First: Death in Congress.” PS: Political Science and Politics 29:665-671. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest. 1995. “Meeting Competing Demands: Committee Performance in the Post-Reform House.” American Journal of Political Science 39:653-682. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest and Steven S. Smith. 1994. “Principals, Goals, Dimensionality, and Congressional Committees.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 19: 457-476. Article (Click Here)
Humor
Maltzman, Forrest, James Lebovic, Elizabeth Saunders, and Emma Furth. 2012. "Unleashing Presidential Power: The Power of Pets in the White House. PS: Political Sciecne and Politics 45 (July): 395-400. Article (Click here)
Maltzman, Forrest; Melissa Schwartzberg; and Lee Sigelman. 2006. “Vox Populi, Vox Dei, Vox Sagittae” PS: Political Science and Politics. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest, Lee Sigelman, and Paul J. Wahlbeck. 2004. “Supreme Court Justices Really Do Follow the Election Returns.” PS: Political Science and Politics 37 (October): 839-842. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest and Eric Lawrence. 2000. “Why Did Speaker Henderson Resign? The Page 799 Mystery is Solved.” Public Affairs Report 41 (4):7-8. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest, Lee Sigelman, and Sarah Binder. 1996. “Leaving Office Feet First: Death in Congress.” PS: Political Science and Politics 29:665-671. Article (Click Here)
Above: Photograph of Big Sur, California
Books
Bailey, Michael A. and Forrest Maltzman. The Constrained Court: Law, Politics and the Decisions Justices Make (Princeton 2011).
Binder, Sarah A. and Forrest Maltzman. Advice and Dissent: The Struggle to Shape the Federal Judiciary (Brookings 2009)
Maltzman, Forrest, James Spriggs, and Paul Wahlbeck. Crafting Law on the Supreme Court: The Collegial Game (Cambridge 2000)
Maltzman, Forrest. Competing Principals: Committees, Parties and the Organization of Congress (Michigan 1997)
Articles, chapters, and manuscripts, by category
Judicial politics
Maltzman, Forrest, Alyx Mark, Charles R. Shipan, and Michael Zilis. 2014. “Stepping on
Congress: Courts, Congress, and Inter-Institutional Politics.” Journal of Law and Courts (2): 219-240.
Article (click here)
Bailey, Michael A. and Forrest Maltzman. 2008. "Does Legal Doctrine Matter? Unpacking Law and Policy Preferences on the U.S. Supreme Court." American Political Science Review 102 (3): 369-384. Article (Click Here)
Bonneau, Chris, Thomas Hammond, Forrest Maltzman, and Paul Wahlbeck. 2007. "Agenda Control, the Median Justice, and the Majority Opinion on the U.S. Supreme Court." American Journal of Political Science. 51 (October): 890–90. Article (Click here).
Maltzman, Forrest. 2007. “The Politicized Judiciary: A Threat to Executive Power.” In Presidential Leadership: The Vortex of Power, ed. Richard W. Waterman and Bert Rockman. New York: Oxford University Press. Chapter (Click Here)
Bailey, Michael A. and Forrest Maltzman. 2005. "Interbranch Communication." Unpublished Manuscript (Click Here)
Bailey, Michael A., Brian Kamoie, and Forrest Maltzman. 2005. “Signals from the Tenth Justice: The Political Role of the Solicitor General in Supreme Court Decision-making.” American Journal of Political Science: 49 (January): 72-85. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest. 2005. “Advice and Consent: Cooperation and Conflict in the Appointment of Federal Judges.” In The Legislative Branch and American Democracy: Institutions and Performance, ed. Paul Quirk and Sarah A. Binder. New York: Oxford University Press.
Maltzman, Forrest and Paul J. Wahlbeck. 2004. “A Conditional Model of Opinion Assignment on the Supreme Court.” Political Research Quarterly 57 (December): 551-564. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest, James F. Spriggs, and Paul J. Wahlbeck. 2000. Crafting Law on the Supreme Court: the Collegial Game. New York: Cambridge University Press. Chapters 1 & 5 (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest; James F. Spriggs; and Paul J. Wahlbeck. 1999. “Strategy and Judicial Choice: New Institutionalist Approaches to Supreme Court Decision Making.” In Supreme Court Decision-Making: New Institutional Approaches ed., Cornell W. Clayton and Howard Gillman. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Chapter (Click Here)
Wahlbeck, Paul J.; James F. Spriggs; and Forrest Maltzman. 1999. “The Politics of Dissents and Concurrences on the U.S. Supreme Court.” American Politics Quarterly 27 (October):488-514. Article (Click Here)
Spriggs, James F.; Forrest Maltzman; and Paul J. Wahlbeck. 1999. “Bargaining on the U.S. Supreme Court: Justices’ Responses to Majority Opinion Drafts.” Journal of Politics 61 (May):485-506. Article (Click Here)
Wahlbeck, Paul J.; James F. Spriggs; and Forrest Maltzman. 1998. “Marshalling the Court: Bargaining and Accommodation on the United States Supreme Court.” American Journal of Political Science 42:294-315. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest and Paul J. Wahlbeck. 1996. “Strategic Policy Considerations and Voting Fluidity on the Burger Court.” American Political Science Review 90:581-592. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest and Paul J. Wahlbeck. 1996. “May It Please the Chief? Opinion Assignments in the Rehnquist Court.” American Journal of Political Science 40:421-433. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest and Paul J. Wahlbeck. 1996. “Inside the U.S. Supreme Court: The Reliability of the Justices’ Conference Records.” Journal of Politics 58:528-539. Article (Click Here)
Legislative politics
Bailey, Michael A., Forrest Maltzman, and Charles R. Shipan. Forthcoming. “Congress and the Judiciary in a Partisan and Polarized Era.” In Congress Reconsidered 13th edition, ed. Lawrence Dodd, Bruce Oppenheimer, and C. Lawrence Evans. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press. Article (Click here)
Maltzman, Forrest and Charles R. Shipan. 2008. “Continuity, Change, and the Evolution of the Law.” American Journal of Political Science. 52 (April): 252-267 Article (Click here) Online Appendix (Click here)
Primo, David; Sarah Binder; and Forrest Maltzman. 2008. "Who Consents? Competing Pivots in Federal Judicial Selection.” American Journal of Political Science 52 (July): 471-89. Article (click here)
Lawrence, Eric; Forrest Maltzman, and Steven S. Smith. 2006. “Who Wins? Party Effects in Legislative Voting.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 31 (February): 33-69. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest. 2005. “Advice and Consent: Cooperation and Conflict in the Appointment of Federal Judges.” In The Legislative Branch and American Democracy: Institutions and Performance, ed. Paul Quirk and Sarah A. Binder. New York: Oxford University Press.
Binder, Sarah A. and Forrest Maltzman. 2005. “Congress and the Politics of Judicial Appointments.” 2005. In Congress Reconsidered 8th ed., ed. Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer, Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press.
Binder, Sarah A. and Forrest Maltzman. 2004. “The Limits of Senatorial Courtesy.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 24 (February): 5-22. Article (Click here)
Auerswald, David and Forrest Maltzman. 2003. “Policymaking through Advice and Consent: Treaty Consideration by the United States Senate.” Journal of Politics 65 (November): 1097-1110. Article (Click Here)
Balla, Steven J., Eric Lawrence, Forrest Maltzman, and Lee Sigelman. 2002. “Partisanship, Blame Avoidance, and the Distribution of Legislative Pork.” American Journal of Political Science 46 (July): 515-525. Article (Click Here)
Binder, Sarah and Forrest Maltzman. 2002. “Senatorial Delay in Confirming Federal Judges, 1947-1998.” American Journal of Political Science 46 (January): 190-199. Article (Click Here)
Lawrence, Eric, Forrest Maltzman, and Paul J. Wahlbeck. 2001. “The Politics of Speaker Cannon’s Committee Assignments.” American Journal of Political Science 45 (July) 551-562. Article (Click Here)
Deering, Christopher J. and Forrest Maltzman. 1999. “The Politics of Executive Orders: Legislative Constraints on Presidential Power.” Political Research Quarterly 52 (December): 767-783. Article (Click Here)
Binder, Sarah A., Eric D. Lawrence, and Forrest Maltzman. 1999. “Uncovering the Hidden Effect of Party.” Journal of Politics 61 (August): 815-831. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest. 1997. Competing Principals: Committees, Parties, and the Organization of Congress. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. (paperback edition, 1998). Chapter 2 (Click Here)
Binder, Sarah A., Forrest Maltzman, and Lee Sigelman. 1998. “Senators’ Home-State Reputations: Why Do Constituents Love A Bill Cohen So Much More Than an Al D’Amato?” Legislative Studies Quarterly 23:545-560. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest. 1998. “Maintaining Congressional Committees: Sources of Member Support.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 23 (2): 197-218. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest and Lee Sigelman. 1996. “The Politics of Talk: Unconstrained Floor Time in the U.S. House of Representatives.” Journal of Politics 58:810-821. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest, Lee Sigelman, and Sarah Binder. 1996. “Leaving Office Feet First: Death in Congress.” PS: Political Science and Politics 29:665-671. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest. 1995. “Meeting Competing Demands: Committee Performance in the Post-Reform House.” American Journal of Political Science 39:653-682. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest and Steven S. Smith. 1994. “Principals, Goals, Dimensionality, and Congressional Committees.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 19: 457-476. Article (Click Here)
Humor
Maltzman, Forrest, James Lebovic, Elizabeth Saunders, and Emma Furth. 2012. "Unleashing Presidential Power: The Power of Pets in the White House. PS: Political Sciecne and Politics 45 (July): 395-400. Article (Click here)
Maltzman, Forrest; Melissa Schwartzberg; and Lee Sigelman. 2006. “Vox Populi, Vox Dei, Vox Sagittae” PS: Political Science and Politics. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest, Lee Sigelman, and Paul J. Wahlbeck. 2004. “Supreme Court Justices Really Do Follow the Election Returns.” PS: Political Science and Politics 37 (October): 839-842. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest and Eric Lawrence. 2000. “Why Did Speaker Henderson Resign? The Page 799 Mystery is Solved.” Public Affairs Report 41 (4):7-8. Article (Click Here)
Maltzman, Forrest, Lee Sigelman, and Sarah Binder. 1996. “Leaving Office Feet First: Death in Congress.” PS: Political Science and Politics 29:665-671. Article (Click Here)
Above: Photograph of Big Sur, California
