Research Papers

Forthcoming. “Judicial Institutions and the Political Economy of Retirements.” Political Behavior.
Forthcoming. “Does Local Journalism Stimulate Voter Participation in State Supreme Courts?” Journal of Law and Courts.
Forthcoming. “New-Style Campaigns in State Supreme Court Retention Elections.” State Politics and Policy Quarterly.
Forthcoming. “The Chief Justice as Effective Administrative Leader: The Impact of Policy Scope and Interbranch Relations.” With Richard L. Vining, Jr. and Teena Wilhelm. Social Science Quarterly.
2017. “The Politics of the U.S. Federal Judiciary’s Requests for Institutional Reform.” With Richard L. Vining, Jr. and Teena Wilhelm.
2015. “Deliberation Rules and Opinion Assignment Procedures in State Supreme Courts: A Replication.” Justice System Journal. With Teena Wilhelm and Richard L. Vining, Jr.
2013. “The Voting Behavior of President Obama’s Appointees on the U.S. Courts of Appeals.” Judicature, Vol. 97: 137–143. With Susan B. Haire and Barry Edwards.

2018. “Alabama: Race, Realignment, and One-Party Politics.” In The New Politics of the Old South: An Introduction to Southern Politics, Vol. 6. Edited by Charles S. Bullock, III and Mark Rozell. Rowman and Littlefield.

Hughes, David A. (2014). “Review: The Behavior of Federal Judges: A Theoretical and Empirical Study of Rational Choice. (By Lee Epstein, William M. Landes, and Richard A. Posner).” The Journal of Politics, Vol. 7 (2).