Motivated reasoning in the field: polarization of prose, precedent, and policy in U.S. Circuit Courts, 1891-2013.

This study explores politically motivated reasoning among U.S. Circuit Court judges over the past 120 years, examining their writing style and use of previous case citations in judicial opinions. Employing natural language processing and supervised machine learning, we scrutinize how judges' la...

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Main Authors: Wei Lu, Daniel L Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318790
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