02459nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10495561 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 091110s2010 vaua sb 001 0 eng d 2009047757 9780813929941 (cloth : alk. paper) 0813929946 (cloth : alk. paper) 0813929989 (e-book) 9780813929989 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)753977919 n-us--- KF8776 .S74 2010eb 347.73/14 22 Steigerwalt, Amy, 1976- Battle over the bench [electronic resource] : senators, interest groups, and lower court confirmations / Amy Steigerwalt. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010. xii, 257 p. : ill. Constitutionalism and democracy Includes bibliographical references and index. 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). Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Judges Selection and appointment United States. Political questions and judicial power United States. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Constitutionalism and democracy. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10495561 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 241196 241196