Books written by Michael J. Nelson

Judging Inequality: State Supreme Courts and the Inequality Crisis

State Supreme Courts and the Inequality Crisis James L. Gibson, Michael J. Nelson. ———. 2020. “Measuring Subjective Ideological ... Nelson, Michael J., and Patrick Tucker. 2021. ... New York Times, May 3, Perry, H. W., Jr. 1991.
Black and Blue: How African Americans Judge the U.S. Legal System

Bell, David E. 1985. “Disappointment in Decision Making under Uncertainty.” Operations Research 33 (#1, January/February): 1–27. Benesh, Sara C., and Susan E. Howell. 2001. “Confidence in the Courts: A Comparison of Users and Non-users.
Mike Nelson's Death Rat!: A Novel

What if an aging, unsuccessful Minnesota author of history books with names like Old von Steuben Had a Farm: The German-American Settlement of the Midwest decided he could write a book every bit as vapid and ridiculous as the books that ...
Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese

Here is a film critic for the rest of us: the outrageous, hilarious Mike Nelson.
Mike Nelson's Mind over Matters

In more than 50 hilarious all-new essays, one of America's brightest young humorists -- the head writer and on-air host of the legendary TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000 -- finds the fun in all aspects of the human condition, no ...
The Politics of Federal Prosecution

"In February 2016, while testifying in a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, a Barack Obama appointee, promised that her department would act with independence in investigating Hillary Clinton's ...
Blacks and Blue: How and why African Americans Judge the American Legal System

How and why African Americans Judge the American Legal System James L. Gibson, Michael J. Nelson. Stoutenborough, James W., Donald P. Haider-Markel, and Mahalley D. Allen. 2006. “Reassessing the Impact of Supreme Court Decisions on ...
Mike Nelson's Mind over Matters

In more than 50 hilarious all-new essays, one of America's brightest young humorists -- the head writer and on-air host of the legendary TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000 -- finds the fun in all aspects of the human condition, no ...
Black and Blue: How African Americans Judge the U.S. Legal System

Based on two nationally-representative samples, this text ties together four dominant theories of public opinion: legitimacy theory, social identity theory, theories of adulthood political socialization & learning through experience, & ...
The Politics of Federal Prosecution

While many U.S. Attorneys spoke out about the “timing” issues and break in tradition associated with Reno's actions, much of the ire of congressional Republicans concerned an ongoing investigation by Jay Stephens, the U.S. Attorney for ...
The Politics of Federal Prosecution

4.3.2 The 2020 Berman Firing Late on Friday night June 19, 2020, U.S. Attorney General William Barr issued an unusual press release. In it, he thanked Geoffrey Berman, the interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York ...
Mike Nelson's Death Rat!: A Novel

What if an aging, unsuccessful Minnesota author of history books with names like Old von Steuben Had a Farm: The German-American Settlement of the Midwest decided he could write a book every bit as vapid and ridiculous as the books that ...
Goth-Icky: A Macabre Menagerie of Morbid Monstrosities

From Jekyll and Hyde to B horror movie icons to the Addams family and beyond, macabre misfits have thrived in the fertile soil of modern-age media and pop culture. What...
Love Sick: A Smoldering Look at Love, Lust, and Marriage

From the bodice-busting book covers to personal ads to wedding cake toppers, romantic subjects have thrived in the fertile soil of American modern-age media and pop culture.
Mike Nelson's Mind Over Matters

Join Mike Nelson on an angst-filled visit to a health spa; shopping sessions at Home Depot; a gut-busting discourse on the history of television; and much, much more.