Banks P. Miller

Professor of Political ScienceThe University of Texas at Dallas

Judicial decision making,legal policy, attorneys,and political institutions.

Research on courts, prosecutors, immigration adjudication, patent disputes, and the institutional settings that shape legal outcomes.

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Research

26 Articles

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2026 Comparative courts

Dissenting for Career Advancement: How Arbitrators Use Disagreement to Increase Their Chances of Appointment

Clint Peinhardt and Banks P. Miller

Journal of International Economic Law, jgag010

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2026 Prosecutors

From Prosecutor to Partner: Revolving Door Incentives in Federal White-Collar Prosecutions

Banks Miller and Brett Curry

Journal of Law & Courts, published online 2026

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2026 Executive politics

The Politics of Presidential Pardons: Partisan Differences in Modern Clemency Decisions

Banks Miller, Brett Curry, and Maureen Stobb

Social Science Quarterly, published online 2026

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2026 Immigration adjudication

Tradeoffs and Spillovers in U.S. Criminal Immigration Enforcement

Maureen Stobb, Banks Miller, and Brett Curry

Policy Studies Journal 54: e70046

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2024 Federal courts

Exploring the Influence of Wealth on Judicial Decision Making

Banks Miller and Brett Curry

Social Science Quarterly 105: 1193-1204

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2023 Immigration adjudication

Mixed Messages & Bounded Rationality: The Perverse Consequences of REAL ID for Immigration Policy

Maureen Stobb, Banks Miller, and Joshua Kennedy

Policy Studies Journal 51: 667-684

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2023 Immigration adjudication

Who Controls the Immigration Bureaucracy? The Relative Influence of the Three Branches over Asylum Policy Implementation

Maureen Stobb, Banks Miller, and Joshua Kennedy

American Politics Research 51: 235-246

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2022 Patent litigation

Leveled Odds? Attorney Capability, Team Litigation, and Outcomes in Administrative Patent Cases

Banks Miller and Brett Curry

Law & Policy 44: 388-407

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2022 Prosecutors

The Influence of Diversity and Qualifications in Presidential Nominations: The Case of United States Attorneys

Brett Curry and Banks Miller

Justice System Journal 42: 252-270

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2022 Patent litigation

To Stay or Not to Stay: Patent Litigation in the Federal District Courts

Banks Miller and Brett Curry

Journal of Law & Courts 10: 167-188

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2021 State courts

Swineherds and Hogs on Ice: Leadership Impacts for State Chief Judges

Thomas Gray and Banks Miller

American Politics Research 49: 319-327

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2020 Immigration adjudication

The Preferences of Political Elites and Humanitarian Immigration to the United States

Banks Miller, Jennifer S. Holmes, and Linda Camp Keith

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 6: 150-161

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2018 Prosecutors

Haphazard, Systematic, or Both? An Empirical Investigation of the U.S. Attorney Firings in 2006

Banks Miller and Brett Curry

Journal of Law & Courts 6: 379-403

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2017 Federal courts

Case Citation Patterns in the U.S. Courts of Appeals and the Legal Academy

Brett Curry and Banks Miller

Justice System Journal 38: 164-182

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2017 Federal courts

Small-Group Dynamics, Ideology, and Decision Making on the U.S. Courts of Appeals

Banks Miller and Brett Curry

Law & Policy 39: 48-72

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2015 Immigration adjudication

How Draconian Are the Changes to U.S. Asylum Law? A Monthly Time Series Analysis (1990-2010)

Linda Camp Keith, Banks Miller, and Jennifer Holmes

Human Rights Quarterly 37: 153-187

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2015 Federal courts

Judicial Specialization and Decision Making in the U.S. Courts of Appeals

Brett Curry and Banks Miller

Law & Social Inquiry 40: 29-50

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2015 Immigration adjudication

Leveling the Odds: The Effect of Quality Legal Representation in Cases of Asymmetrical Capability

Banks Miller, Linda Camp Keith, and Jennifer Holmes

Law & Society Review 49: 209-239

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2015 Comparative courts

Second-Order Evaluations of the European Court of Human Rights

Linda Camp Keith, Banks Miller, and Rachel McGuire

Journal of Law & Courts 3: 67-93

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2014 Immigration adjudication

Beyond Grant or Deny: A More Nuanced Ordering of U.S. Asylum Outcomes

Banks Miller, Linda Camp Keith, and Jennifer Holmes

Judicature 97: 172-178

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2013 Federal courts

Experts Judging Experts: Agency Review on a Specialized Court

Banks Miller and Brett Curry

Law & Social Inquiry 38: 55-71

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2013 Immigration adjudication

Explaining Divergence in Asylum Grant Rates Among Immigration Judges: An Attitudinal and Cognitive Approach

Linda Camp Keith, Jennifer Holmes, and Banks Miller

Law & Policy 35: 261-289

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2013 State courts

The Effect of Per Se Recusal Rules on Donor Behavior in Judicial Elections

Banks Miller and Brett Curry

Justice System Journal 34: 125-151

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2010 State courts

Describing the State Solicitors General

Banks Miller

Judicature 93: 238-246

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2009 Federal courts

Expertise, Experience and Ideology on a Specialized Court: The Case of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Banks Miller and Brett Curry

Law & Society Review 43: 839-864

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2009 Federal courts

The Federalist Society's Impact on the Federal Judiciary

Nancy Scherer and Banks Miller

Political Research Quarterly 62: 366-378

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Books

Book projects

U.S. Attorneys, Political Control, and Career Ambition

Oxford University Press.

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Teaching

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