Communicative Legitimacy: The Supreme Court’s Hidden Cultural Binaries in the US Civil Sphere
Published online on February 17, 2026
Abstract
Cultural Sociology, Ahead of Print.
How does the US Supreme Court establish its legitimacy? Over the last two hundred years in US society, the Court has interpreted the US Constitution on watershed issues such as slavery, segregation, and marriage equality. And yet the Constitution is just ...
How does the US Supreme Court establish its legitimacy? Over the last two hundred years in US society, the Court has interpreted the US Constitution on watershed issues such as slavery, segregation, and marriage equality. And yet the Constitution is just ...