Department of Political Science

Naser L. Javaid

Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Political Science
Social and Behavioral Science Building, 7th Floor
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York 11794-4392
Fax: (631) 632-4116

Office: S-753
E-mail:njavaid@ic.sunysb.edu

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"Rally-Around-The-Flag and the Supreme Court: Judicial Decision Making During Times of War or Crises" (with Maxwell H.H. Mak) Under Review at Law and Society Review [PDF]
Abstract: Often deemed the rally-around-the-flag effect, conventional wisdom suggests that the executive and legislative branches support suppression of civil liberties and civil rights during times of war or crises. Few examinations have attempted to determine the role of international conflict on the Supreme Court and the choices of individual justices. Does the rally-around-the-flag phenomenon also occur at the nation’s highest court? And, if so, does the effect occur for all justices across levels of ideology? We examine the impact of war and crises on the justices and find that war time significantly affects judicial decision-making at the Supreme Court. The effect of war, however, varies and is conditional on judicial ideology.

"Legislative Consequences of Changing 11th Amendment Jurisprudence" Under Revision, Available from Author upon Request
Abstract: I suggest that the federal government’s structure and mechanisms available to each institution suggest there is a hitherto unexamined path of agenda influence. I subject several hypotheses from this theory to an empirical test using the Supreme Court’s changing 11th Amendment jurisprudence from the 101st to 109th Congresses and find there is evidence supportive of the hypotheses and theory. This paper was presented at the 2009 Midwest Political Science Association Conference.

"Party Pressure on Religious and Moral Issues in Congress" (with Lilliana Hall Mason) Under Revision, Comments Welcome [PDF]
Abstract: We suggest that characterizations of religious and moral issues as issues that are entirely personal, and left to individual legislators’s own preferences, is no longer valid. We suggest that, as a consequence of changing party platforms, parties now have a distinct interest in maintaining party cohesion on religious and moral issues, and will pressure party members in order to maintain party unity. This paper was presented at the 2008 Midwest Political Science Association Conference.

"To Grant or Not To Grant: An Examination of Strategic Votes of Certiorari" Under Revision, Available from Author upon Request
Abstract: In this paper I examine if and that what degree blocks of justices wanting to affirm a lower court decision were strategic with cert votes during the Warren and Burger Courts. Justices do appear to be strategic with their cert votes, but the use of strategic voting is context dependent.