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

Record Type:	Electronic resources : monographic
Title Information:	senators, interest groups, and lower court confirmations
Author:	SteigerwaltAmy, 1976-
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility:	Project Muse
Place of Publication:	Charlottesville, Va.
Published:	University of Virginia Press;
Year of Publication:	2010
Edition:	1st ed.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 257 p.)ill. :
Series:	Constitutionalism and democracy
Subject:	Political questions and judicial power - United States -
Subject:	Judges - Selection and appointment - United States -
Online resource:	http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813929989/
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-251) and index
ISBN:	9780813929989electronic bk.
ISBN:	0813929989electronic bk.
ISBN:	9780813929941hbk.
ISBN:	0813929946hbk.
Content Note:	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 thedecision to object : sending confirmations down the public partisan track -- Whither nominees? : the fate of nominations sent down the publicpartisan 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 nominationsopposed by interest groups, 99th-109th Congresses (1985-2006)

Battle over the bench : senators, interest groups, and lower court confirmations
Steigerwalt, Amy

Battle over the bench : senators, interest groups, and lower court confirmations / Amy Steigerwalt - 1st ed.. - Charlottesville, Va. : University of Virginia Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xii, 257 p.) ; ill.. - (Constitutionalism and democracy).
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 thedecision to object : sending confirmations down the public partisan track -- Whither nominees? : the fate of nominations sent down the publicpartisan 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 nominationsopposed by interest groups, 99th-109th Congresses (1985-2006).
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-251) and index.
ISBN 9780813929989ISBN 0813929989ISBN 9780813929941ISBN 0813929946
Political questions and judicial powerJudges -- Selection and appointment -- United States -- United States

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