Affiliation: | John B. Gates is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of the forthcoming The Supreme Court and Partisan Realignment: A Macro and Microlevel Analysis (1990) and articles in journals. He is also co-editor of the forthcoming American Courts: A Critical Assessment (1990). His research interests include American politics, judicial politics, and methodology.;Jeffrey E. Cohen is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Institute of Government and Public Affairs a t the University of Illinois-Urbana. He received a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan in 1979. He is the author of The Politics of the American Cabinet: Representation i n the Executive Branch, 1789–1984, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 1988. He is currently working on two research projects, one a study of the modern presidency, and the other, a study of state policy reactions to the divestiture of AT &T. |