The Increasing Senate Scrutiny of Lower Federal Court Nominees

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4286263
AutoresRoger E Hartley (University of Baltimore), Lisa M Holmes (0000-0001-5266-8385), Lisa Holmes (0000-0002-6386-854X, University of Vermont)
Año2002
Volumen117
Número2
Páginas259-278
Fecha de publicación2002-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolitical Science Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0032-3195 • E-ISSN: 1538-165X
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/798183
OpenAlexW2052260920
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas26

We argue that the scrutiny of lower federal court nominations in the Senate is not unique to the crisis during the Clinton administration or during the tenure of Orrin Hatch as Judiciary Committee chair. Instead, increased scrutiny of lower court nominees has been a long time in the making. Lower court nominations became more contentious during the Carter administration, increased further late in Reagan's second term, and reached a zenith after the 1994 Republican takeover of Congress. We employ data that examines the delay of nomination from 1969 until 1998. We examine delay pre and post Carter and pre and post the time Senator Orin Hatch served as judiciary chair. We also examine the impact of unified and divided government on these appointments

Administration (probate law · Federal court · Government (linguistics · Nomination · Political science · Scrutiny · Supreme court · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Public Administration