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

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מחבר ראשי: Steigerwalt, Amy, 1976-
מחבר תאגידי: ebrary, Inc
פורמט: אלקטרוני ספר אלקטרוני
שפה:אנגלית
יצא לאור: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010.
סדרה:Constitutionalism and democracy.
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תוכן הענינים:
  • 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).