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Judicial politics

the theory that exposure to courts' legitimizing symbols reinforces loyalty, so attention to a court tends to build rather than drain its support.

In judicial politics, positivity theory of court legitimacy refers to the theory that exposure to courts' legitimizing symbols reinforces loyalty, so attention to a court tends to build rather than drain its support. This meaning comes from Gibson (2008) in American Journal of Political Science.[1]

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Gibson, J. L., & Caldeira, G. A. (2008). Confirmation Politics and The Legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court: Institutional Loyalty, Positivity Bias, and the Alito Nomination. American Journal of Political Science, 53(1), 139-155. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5907.2008.00362.x

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