On this episode Caroline, and Lusi are joined by Athena Promachus and Mia Kaminsky exploring how research can be used as tool in legislation and policy, what research bias is, and what’s next for the Supreme Court. On today’s episode we ask what research bias is, the tools used in creating legislation, and policy, and we look at one survey that reaches the Supreme Court, and the bias and intent to led it there, what’s next for the Supreme Court. “In democracies, a majority of the people determines policy either by directly voting on issues or indirectly by choosing their representatives. Democratic mechanisms serve to limit the divergence between the actions of political officials and the preferences of the people. Yet these mechanisms come at a cost. Democracies are limited in providing durable policies, because today's voters cannot bind future ones, and secondly, because in many circumstances, no policy commands a majority against all other possible proposals. In principle, a majority can change public policies, and has an incentive to do so if it faces time-inconsistent constraints.”
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