Scoring points : politicians, activists, and the lower Federal Court appointment process / Nancy Scherer.
2005
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Author
Title
Scoring points : politicians, activists, and the lower Federal Court appointment process / Nancy Scherer.
Published
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2005.
Call Number
KF8776 .S34 2005
ISBN
0804749485 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804749493 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804749493 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description
x, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)57754324
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-255) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction : why has the lower federal court appointment process become so politicized?
1
Pt. 1
Judicial selection in historical perspective
9
1
The theory of elite mobilization
11
2
From patronage to policy
28
Pt. 2
Elite mobilization strategies for the modern political era
47
3
The role of political ideology in the lower court nomination process
49
4
Affirmative action and judicial selection
74
5
Political activists turn their attention to the confirmation phase of the appointment process
108
6
The rise of senate obstructionism in the judicial confirmation process
133
7
Lower court judicial selection as a campaign issue
158
8
The impact of divided government on the lower court appointment process
181
9
Conclusion
192
App. A
Explanation and coding of variables : labor models
197
App. B
Explanation and coding of variables : search and seizure models
202
App. C
Explanation and coding of variables : race discrimination models
209
App. D
Explanation and coding of variables : states' rights models
216
App. E
Explanation and coding of variables : abortion rights data set
221