Battle over the bench : senators, interest groups, and lower court confirmations / Amy Steigerwalt.
2010
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Author
Title
Battle over the bench : senators, interest groups, and lower court confirmations / Amy Steigerwalt.
Published
Charlottesville, Va. : University of Virginia Press, 2010.
Call Number
KF8776 .S74 2010
ISBN
9780813929941 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0813929946 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780813929989 (e-book)
0813929989 (e-book)
0813929946 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780813929989 (e-book)
0813929989 (e-book)
Description
[xiii], 257 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)468232631
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-251) and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figures
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction: The Changing Tone of Lower Federal Court Confirmations
1
1.
What Makes a Nomination Run into Trouble? Senators, Interest Groups, and the Four Tracks to Confirmation
23
2.
Death to Nominees: Senatorial Courtesy and the Ability to "Kill" Judicial Confirmations
49
3.
"Herding Cats": Holds and Private Political Fights
67
4.
Interest Groups and Judicial Confirmations: A View from the Senate
95
5.
Interest Groups and the Decision to Object: Sending Confirmations down the Public Partisan Track
119
6.
Whither Nominees? The Fate of Nominations Sent down the Public Partisan Track
149
Conclusion: What the Future Holds for Lower Court Nominations and the Senate Confirmation Process
185
Appendixes
A.
Data Collection Methodology
199
B.
Variable Descriptions and Measurements for Tobit Regressions
202
C.
Circuit Court Nominations Opposed by Interest Groups, 99th-109th Congresses (1985-2006)
207
Notes
209
Bibliography
237
Index
253