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Battle over the bench : senators, interest groups, and lower court confirmations / Amy Steigerwalt.
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Main Author:
Steigerwalt, Amy, 1976-
Format:
eBook
Language:
English
Published:
Charlottesville, Va. :
University of Virginia Press,
2010.
Edition:
1st ed.
Series:
Constitutionalism and democracy.
Subjects:
Judges
>
Selection and appointment
>
United States.
Political questions and judicial power
>
United States.
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
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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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