Replication Data for: Justice Speaks, But Who’s Listening? Mass Public Awareness of U.S. Supreme Court Cases

Theories of the relationship between the Supreme Court and the public assume that the public can potentially monitor the Court's behavior. We seek to measure the impact of Court decisions on public awareness of its cases. Public awareness of cases varies according to individual differences: more educated, knowledgeable, and informationally-motivated citizens are more likely to report awareness. Further, decision announcements increase awareness more generally, especially in cases of moderate salience. The results suggest that while the public may eventually respond to the behavior of national institutions, this response is likely first filtered through an elite subset of the population.