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

Main Author: Steigerwalt, Amy, 1976-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010.
Series:Constitutionalism and democracy
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10495561
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300 |a xii, 257 p. :  |b ill. 
490 1 |a Constitutionalism and democracy 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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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