Table of Contents

Preface 
1. Legitimacy and American Democracy 
2. Blacks, Civil Rights, and the Supreme Court 
3. Establishing the Supreme Court's Legitimizing Capacity 
4. Different Presses, Different Frames: Black and Mainstream Press Coverage of a Supreme Court Decision 
5. Media Framing and the Supreme Court's Legitimizing Capacity 
6. The Supreme Court's Legitimizing Capacity among African Americans: Support for Capital Punsihment and Affirmative Action 
7. The Casual Relationship between Public Opinion toward the Court and Its Policies: The University of Michigan Affirmative Action Cases 
8. Conclusion 
Appendix A: Stimulus for Legitimacy Experiment 
Appendix B: List of Black Newspapers 
Appendix C: Stimulus for Media Framing Experiment 
Appendix D: Question Wording for Media Framing Experiment 
Appendix E: Blacks and the U.S. Supreme Court Survey 
Notes 
Reference 
Index