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9780195300215

Advice and Consent The Politics of Judicial Appointments

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  • ISBN13:

    9780195300215

  • ISBN10:

    0195300211

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-09-15
  • Publisher: INGRAM

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Summary

From Louis Brandeis to Robert Bork to Clarence Thomas, the nomination of federal judges has generated intense political conflict. With Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement and other justices likely to depart soon-not to mention threats to filibuster lower court judges-the selection process is, once again, the center of red-hot partisan debate.

Author Biography


Lee Epstein is the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law at Washington University and a Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. She has authored, co-authored, or edited over seventy articles and essays and thirteen books.
Jeffrey A. Segal is SUNY Distinguished Professor and Chair of Political Science at Stony Brook University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1(6)
A Backdrop to Judicial Appointments
7(22)
Vacancies
29(18)
Nominating Federal Judges and Justices
47(40)
Confirming Federal Judges and Justices
87(32)
Politics, Presidents, and Judging
119(26)
The Politics of Appointments Meets the Politics of Judging
145(4)
Notes 149(22)
Index 171

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