01474nam a2200169Ia 4500 181130s2018 xx 000 0 und d Zilis, Michael A. Minority groups and judicial legitimacy: group affect and the incentives for judicial responsiveness 2018 p.270-283. Jun This paper introduces a new perspective into the literature on judicial legitimacy by examining the incentives for courts to cater to a popular majority and offering a novel model of legitimacy that has consequences for judicial responsiveness. The account integrates into the literature classic research on how strategic social groups shape public opinion. I theorize that citizens use their perceptions of the judiciary�s support for various social groups as a means to assess the institution overall. From this insight, I derive specific expectations about the conditions under which the Supreme Court�s protection of minority groups like gays and immigrants can damage its legitimacy. Using national survey data, I demonstrate that dislike for the beneficiaries of recent Court rulings systematically diminishes the institution�s legitimacy. The influence of these group-based considerations shapes individual-level attitude change and can be observed at various points in time. - Reproduced. Judiciary Minorities Political Research Quarterly Judiciary 506822 506822 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-12-07 71(2), Jun, 2018: p.270-283. AR118617 2018-12-07 2018-12-07 AR