Background
Wahlbeck, Paul J. was born on September 11, 1961 in Illinois, United States. Son of Phillip and Donna Wahlbeck.
(In Crafting Law on the Supreme Court, Maltzman, Spriggs, ...)
In Crafting Law on the Supreme Court, Maltzman, Spriggs, and Wahlbeck use material gleaned from internal memos circulated among justices on the U.S. Supreme Court to systematically account for the building of majority opinions. The authors argue that at the heart of this process are justices whose decisions are constrained by the choices made by the other justices. The portrait of the Supreme Court that emerges stands in sharp contrast to the conventional portrait where justices act solely on the basis of the law or their personal policy preferences. This book provides a fascinating glimpse of how the Court crafts the law.
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lawyer Political science educator
Wahlbeck, Paul J. was born on September 11, 1961 in Illinois, United States. Son of Phillip and Donna Wahlbeck.
Bachelor, Wheaton (Illinois) College, 1983. Juris Doctor, University Illinois, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy, Washington University, St. Louis, 1993.
Staff attorney joint committee on administrative rules Illinois General Assembly, Springfield, 1986-1988. Assistant professor political science George Washington University, Washington, 1993-1999, associate professor, since 1999. Director law and social science program National Science Foundation, since 2001.
(In Crafting Law on the Supreme Court, Maltzman, Spriggs, ...)
Member American Political Science Association (executive committee law and courts section 1997-1999, chair, Law and Courts Section, 2002-2003), Midwest Political Science Association, Southern Political Science Association, Western Political Science Association.
Married Janice Wahlbeck, September 1, 1990. Children: Matthew, Katherine, Kristen.