Steigerwalt, Amy,  1976- <br/><br/>
Battle over the bench  senators, interest groups, and lower court confirmations /  [electronic resource] : 
Amy Steigerwalt. 
 - Charlottesville :  University of Virginia Press,  2010. 
 - xii, 257 p. :  ill. 
 - Constitutionalism and democracy .
 - Constitutionalism and democracy. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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). 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Judges--Selection and appointment--United States.<br/>Political questions and judicial power--United States.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF8776  / .S74 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>347.73/14