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2. www.culturalcognition.net Cultural Cognition and Perceptions of Judicial Neutrality

3. Neutral umpire thesis: The Supreme Court decides cases on the basis of neutral principles of law.

4. Neutral umpire thesis: The Supreme Court decides cases on the basis of neutral principles of law. Partisan decisionmaker thesis:The Supreme Court decides cases on the basis of partisan political commitments extraneous to law.

5. Neutral umpire thesis: The Supreme Court decides cases on the basis of neutral principles of law. Partisan decisionmaker thesis:The Supreme Court decides cases on the basis of partisan political commitments extraneous to law.

6. Neutral umpire thesis: The Supreme Court decides cases on the basis of neutral principles of law. Partisan decisionmaker thesis:The Supreme Court decides cases on the basis of partisan political commitments extraneous to law. Neutrality miscommunication thesis: Public perceptions of judicial neutrality are distorted by social and cognitive dynamics that can and should be mitigated by judicial decisionmaking practices.

7. Source: Kahan, D.M., Jenkins-Smith, H. & Braman, D. Cultural Cognition of Scientific Consensus. J. Risk Res. 14, 147-74(2011).

8. Climate Change High Risk (science conclusive) Low Risk (science inconclusive)

9. Geologic Isolation of Nuclear Wastes High Risk (not safe) Low Risk (safe)

10. Concealed Carry Laws High Risk (Increase crime) Low Risk (Decrease Crime)

11. Cultural Cognition Worldviews Hierarchy hierarchical individualists hierarchical communitarians Individualism Communitarianism egalitarian individualists egalitarian communitarians Egalitarianism

12. Cultural Cognition Worldviews Risk Perception Key Low Risk High Risk Hierarchy Environment: climate, nuclear Guns/Gun Control Individualism Communitarianism Environment: climate, nuclear Guns/Gun Control Egalitarianism

13. Source: Kahan, D.M., Jenkins-Smith, H. & Braman, D. Cultural Cognition of Scientific Consensus. J. Risk Res. 14, 147-74(2011).

14. Featured scientist is a knowledgeable and credible expert on ... Egalitarian Communitarian More Likely to Agree Hierarchical Individualist More Likely to Agree Pct. Point Difference in Likelihood of Selecting Response 60% 40% 20% 0 20% 40% 60% 54% Climate Change 72% 22% Nuclear Power 31% 58% Concealed Carry 61% N = 1,500. Derived from ordered-logit regression analysis, controlling for demographic and political affiliation/ideology variables. Culture variables set 1 SD from mean on culture scales. CIs reflect 0.95 level of confidence

15. Cultural Cognition Worldviews Risk Perception Key Low Risk High Risk Hierarchy Abortion procedure Environment: climate, nuclear Guns/Gun Control Gays military/gay parenting compulsory psychiatric treatment HPV Vaccination Individualism Communitarianism Abortion procedure Environment: climate, nuclear Gays military/gay parenting Guns/Gun Control compulsory psychiatric treatment HPV Vaccination Egalitarianism

16. Neutral umpire thesis: The Supreme Court decides cases on the basis of neutral principles of law. Partisan decisionmaker thesis:The Supreme Court decides cases on the basis of partisan political commitments extraneous to law. Neutrality miscommunication thesis: Public perceptions of judicial neutrality are distorted by social and cognitive dynamics that can and should be mitigated by judicial decisionmaking practices.

17. Did protestors cross the line between “speech” and “intimidation”? source: Dan M. Kahan, David A. Hoffman, Donald Braman, Danieli Evans & Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, They Saw a Protest : Cognitive Illiberalism and the Speech-Conduct Distinction, 64 Stan. L. Rev. 851 (2012)

19. Did protestors cross the line between “speech” and “intimidation”? source: Dan M. Kahan, David A. Hoffman, Donald Braman, Danieli Evans & Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, They Saw a Protest : Cognitive Illiberalism and the Speech-Conduct Distinction, 64 Stan. L. Rev. 851 (2012)

20. Experimental Conditions Abortion Clinic Condition Recruitment Center Condition source: Dan M. Kahan, David A. Hoffman, Donald Braman, Danieli Evans & Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, They Saw a Protest : Cognitive Illiberalism and the Speech-Conduct Distinction, 64 Stan. L. Rev. 851 (2012)

21. Experimental Conditions Abortion Clinic Condition Recruitment Center Condition

22. Cultural Cognition Worldviews Hierarchy hierarchical individualists hierarchical communitarians Individualism Communitarianism egalitarian individualists egalitarian communitarians Egalitarianism

23. Cultural Cognition Worldviews Risk Perception Key Low Risk High Risk Hierarchy Abortion procedure Environment: climate, nuclear Guns/Gun Control Gays military/gay parenting compulsory psychiatric treatment HPV Vaccination Individualism Communitarianism Abortion procedure Environment: climate, nuclear Gays military/gay parenting Guns/Gun Control compulsory psychiatric treatment HPV Vaccination Egalitarianism

24. Pct. Agree Abortion Clinic Recruitment Ctr Abortion Clinic Recruitment Ctr

25. Pct. Agree Abortion Clinic Recruitment Ctr Abortion Clinic Recruitment Ctr

26. Pct. Agree Abortion Clinic Recruitment Ctr Abortion Clinic Recruitment Ctr

27. Pct. Agree Abortion Clinic Recruitment Ctr Abortion Clinic Recruitment Ctr

28. Pct. Agree Abortion Clinic Recruitment Ctr Abortion Clinic Recruitment Ctr

29. Protestors blocked Screamed in face Pedestrians just not want to listen Police just annoyed

30. Neutral umpire thesis: The Supreme Court decides cases on the basis of neutral principles of law. Partisan decisionmaker thesis:The Supreme Court decides cases on the basis of partisan political commitments extraneous to law. Neutrality miscommunication thesis: Public perceptions of judicial neutrality are distorted by social and cognitive dynamics that can and should be mitigated by judicial decisionmaking practices.

32. Neutral umpire thesis: The Supreme Court decides cases on the basis of neutral principles of law. Partisan decisionmaker thesis:The Supreme Court decides cases on the basis of partisan political commitments extraneous to law. Neutrality miscommunication thesis: Public perceptions of judicial neutrality are distorted by social and cognitive dynamics that can and should be mitigated by judicial decisionmaking practices.

35. Neutral umpire thesis: The Supreme Court decides cases on the basis of neutral principles of law. Partisan decisionmaker thesis:The Supreme Court decides cases on the basis of partisan political commitments extraneous to law. Neutrality miscommunication thesis: Public perceptions of judicial neutrality are distorted by social and cognitive dynamics that can and should be mitigated by judicial decisionmaking practices.

37. study_dismiss scale (α = 0.85)

38. Cultural Cognition Worldviews Risk Perception Key Low Risk High Risk Hierarchy Climate change Individualism Communitarianism Climate change Egalitarianism

39. Study dismissiveness Dismiss Hierarch Individ z_Study dismiss 2 EgalCommun Credit anti-pollution

40. Control Condition

41. Study dismissiveness Dismiss Hierarch Individ z_Study dismiss 2 EgalCommun Credit anti-pollution

42. Anti-pollution Condition

43. Geoengineering Condition

44. study_dismiss scale (α = 0.85)

45. Anti-pollution Condition

46. Study dismissiveness Dismiss Hierarch Individ z_Study dismiss 2 EgalCommun Credit anti-pollution

47. Study dismissiveness Dismiss Hierarch Individ z_Study dismiss 2 EgalCommun Credit anti-pollution

48. Geoengineering Condition

49. Study dismissiveness Dismiss Hierarch Individ z_Study dismiss 2 EgalCommun Credit anti-pollution

50. Study dismissiveness Dismiss Hierarch Individ z_Study dismiss 2 EgalCommun Credit anti-pollution