Battle over the bench senators, interest groups, and lower court confirmations /
| Основен автор: | Steigerwalt, Amy, 1976- |
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| Автор-организации: | ebrary, Inc. |
| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2010.
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| Серия: |
Constitutionalism and democracy.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
Съдържание:
- 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).