Battle over the bench senators, interest groups, and lower court confirmations / Amy Steigerwalt.
| Author/creator | Steigerwalt, Amy, 1976- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Charlottesville, Va. : University of Virginia Press, |
| Description | xii, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from UPCC Books Political Science and Policy Studies 2010 Subject Collection |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Constitutionalism and democracy Constitutionalism and democracy. ^A327224 |
| Contents | 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). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-251) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009047757 |
| ISBN | 9780813929941 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0813929946 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780813929989 (e-book) |
| ISBN | 0813929989 (e-book) |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |