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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456897103321

Autore

Steigerwalt Amy <1976->

Titolo

Battle over the bench [[electronic resource] ] : senators, interest groups, and lower court confirmations / / Amy Steigerwalt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2010

ISBN

1-280-48995-2

9786613585189

0-8139-2998-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

Constitutionalism and democracy

Disciplina

347.73/14

Soggetti

Judges - Selection and appointment - United States

Political questions and judicial power - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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).