The Attitudinal Model is a model used to help explain how Justices reach decisions. It states that a Justice will reach a decision based on their own personal views which are influenced by those of their peers and their individual background. This means that Justices pay little to no attention to things such as precedent, statutes, etc. This form of decision making is often more prominent in high-profile, controversial cases in which a direct solution to the problem at hand cannot be easily found in the Constitution or other statutes. Throughout this paper I will attempt to prove that attitudinal decision making is present throughout all cases and not just high-profile cases. In order to accomplish this task I will analyze a handful of high-profile
