Battle over the bench : senators, interest groups, and lower court confirmations /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Steigerwalt, Amy, 1976-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville, Va. : University of Virginia Press, 2010.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Constitutionalism and democracy.
Temas:
Judges > Selection and appointment > United States.
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Judges > Selection and appointment
Political questions and judicial power
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the changing tone of lower federal court confirmations
  • What makes a nomination run into trouble? : Senators, Interest Groups, and the four tracks to confirmation
  • Death to nominees : senatorial courtesy and the ability to "kill" judicial confirmations
  • "Herding cats" : holds and private political fights
  • Interest groups and judicial confirmation : a view from the Senate
  • Interest groups and the decision to object : sending confirmations down the public partisan track
  • Whither nominees? : the fate of nominations sent down the public partisan track
  • Conclusion : what the future holds for lower court nominations and the Senate confirmation process
  • Appendix A. : Data collection methodology
  • Appendix B. : Variable descriptions and measurements for Tobit Regressions
  • Appendix C. : Circuit Court nominations opposed by interest groups, 99th-109th Congresses (1985-2006).

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