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In more than 200 years, fewer than 20 persons have held the title Chief Justice of the United States. It has become commonplace to identify the Court at different times by the name of its chief justice (e.g., “the Warren Court,” “the Rehnquist Court”) implying that the chief justice exceeds his brethren in power as well as in prestige—but does the chief really have a heightened ability to persuade the other justices? This chapter examines the influence of the chief justice on the other judges.
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Wrightsman, L.S. (1999). The Role of the Chief Justice. In: Judicial Decision Making. Perspectives in Law & Psychology, vol 11. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4807-2_4
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