Elliot E Slotnick
Biographic Data
| ID | 1077859 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elliot E Slotnick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elliot E |
| FAMILY NAME | Slotnick |
| SIGNATURE | SLOTNICK E E |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 63 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Obama’s Judicial Legacy: The Final Chapter
This article looks at the appointment and confirmation politics of President Obama’s nominees during the 114th Congress in which unprecedented obstruction and delay of Obama's nominees including the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland occurred. This is placed within the overall context of Obama’s impact on the judiciary. The demographic portrait of the Obama judiciary is sketched with special attention to the historic record of diverse no…
Writing the Book of Judges: Part 2: Confirmation Politics in the 113th Congress
Building on the empirical portrait of federal judicial selection processes and outcomes in the 113th Congress published in part 1, we now turn to in-depth analyses, drawing on extensive interview data, of the confirmation battle over confirmations to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, filibuster reform (the nuclear option) and its consequences, the role of the blue slip system in contemporary judicial selection, case studies of selection successes …
Writing the Book of Judges: Part 1: Obama’s Judicial Appointments Record after Six Years
This is part 1 of a two-part series detailing the selection and confirmation processes of lower federal court judges during President Obama’s first 6 years. Our attention in part 1 is on Obama’s lower federal court appointments during the 113th Congress, specifically on the selection processes. We then examine the backgrounds and attributes of those confirmed during the 113th, looking at the appointees to the district and appeals courts separatel…
Aage Clausen
Aage Clausen, professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science at Ohio State University, died in January 2011 at the age of 78. He was an extraordinary person who made major contributions as a scholar and teacher and he was a remarkable individual who was much beloved as a colleague and friend
Television News and the Supreme Court: All the News that's Fit to Air
Beginning with the recognition that the Supreme Court is the most invisible branch of American government and the one that most Americans know the least about, this book examines the way in which television news, the primary source of the public's limited knowledge, covers the Supreme Court. The book relies on rich interviews with network news reporters who have covered the Court, coupled with actual videotapes of network newscast coverage, to de…
NSF Funds Ralph Bunche Summer Institute
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Federal Trial and Appellate Judges: How Do They Differ
STUDENTS of the American judiciary have long been interested in identifying the qualities that go into the making of a good federal judge. Several analysts have gone so far as to report on the empirical similarities and differences between judges appointed by different presidential administrations. 1 Work in this genre has been limited, however, by the inherent difficulties of uncovering accurate and important data about the largely invisible fed…
On Conventional Wisdoms, Context and Judicial Career Patterns: A Response to Professor Rathjen
The U.S. Circuit Judge Nominating Commission
This article examines the institution of the U.S. Circuit Judge Nominating Commission as a new actor in the recruitment process to the federal judiciary. The mandate and operation of the commission are examined and, through the utilization of mailed questionnaires, the research attempts to tap the decisional criteria employed by commission members. Criticisms of the commission and its operation are developed utilizing questionnaire responses as w…
Judicial Career Patterns and Majority Opinion Assignment on the Supreme Court
The Equality Principle & Majority Opinion Assignment on the United States Supreme Court
Who Speaks for the Court? Majority Opinion Assignment from Taft to Burger
The designation of the majority opinion writer is one of the major prerogatives of the Chief Justiceship for influencing the formulation of judicial policy. The limited research on opinion assignment has focused almost exclusively on the ideological aspects of assignment decisions. Data sets employed have been small and noncomparable. This paper empirically examines several concerns operating in opinion assignment decision making in addition to i…
The Chief Justices and Self-Assignment of Majority Opinions: A Research Note
T HE IMPORTANCE of the phenomenon of judicial opinion assignment has often been alluded to by jurists and public law scholars, yet opinion assignment decisions have only rarely been subjected to empirical investigation.' Nevertheless, it is in the majority opinions of the Supreme Court where controlling constitutional principles are established and broader directives beyond the immediate case are often fashioned. answer to the question of, Who sp…
Who Speaks for the Court? Majority Opinion Assignment from Taft to Burger
The designation of the majority opinion writer is one of the major prerogatives of the Chief Justiceship for influencing the formulation of judicial policy. The limited research on opinion assignment has focused almost exclusively on the ideological aspects of assignment decisions. Data sets employed have been small and noncomparable. This paper empirically examines several concerns operating in opinion assignment decision making in addition to i…
The Chief Justices and Self-Assignment of Majority Opinions: A Research Note
T HE IMPORTANCE of the phenomenon of judicial opinion assignment has often been alluded to by jurists and public law scholars, yet opinion assignment decisions have only rarely been subjected to empirical investigation.' Nevertheless, it is in the majority opinions of the Supreme Court where controlling constitutional principles are established and broader directives beyond the immediate case are often fashioned. answer to the question of, Who sp…
Federal Trial and Appellate Judges: How Do They Differ
STUDENTS of the American judiciary have long been interested in identifying the qualities that go into the making of a good federal judge. Several analysts have gone so far as to report on the empirical similarities and differences between judges appointed by different presidential administrations. 1 Work in this genre has been limited, however, by the inherent difficulties of uncovering accurate and important data about the largely invisible fed…
Judicial Career Patterns and Majority Opinion Assignment on the Supreme Court
Obama’s Judicial Legacy: The Final Chapter
This article looks at the appointment and confirmation politics of President Obama’s nominees during the 114th Congress in which unprecedented obstruction and delay of Obama's nominees including the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland occurred. This is placed within the overall context of Obama’s impact on the judiciary. The demographic portrait of the Obama judiciary is sketched with special attention to the historic record of diverse no…
The Equality Principle & Majority Opinion Assignment on the United States Supreme Court
Writing the Book of Judges: Part 1: Obama’s Judicial Appointments Record after Six Years
This is part 1 of a two-part series detailing the selection and confirmation processes of lower federal court judges during President Obama’s first 6 years. Our attention in part 1 is on Obama’s lower federal court appointments during the 113th Congress, specifically on the selection processes. We then examine the backgrounds and attributes of those confirmed during the 113th, looking at the appointees to the district and appeals courts separatel…
On Conventional Wisdoms, Context and Judicial Career Patterns: A Response to Professor Rathjen
The U.S. Circuit Judge Nominating Commission
This article examines the institution of the U.S. Circuit Judge Nominating Commission as a new actor in the recruitment process to the federal judiciary. The mandate and operation of the commission are examined and, through the utilization of mailed questionnaires, the research attempts to tap the decisional criteria employed by commission members. Criticisms of the commission and its operation are developed utilizing questionnaire responses as w…
The Chief Justices and Self-Assignment of Majority Opinions: A Research Note
T HE IMPORTANCE of the phenomenon of judicial opinion assignment has often been alluded to by jurists and public law scholars, yet opinion assignment decisions have only rarely been subjected to empirical investigation.' Nevertheless, it is in the majority opinions of the Supreme Court where controlling constitutional principles are established and broader directives beyond the immediate case are often fashioned. answer to the question of, Who sp…
The U.S. Circuit Judge Nominating Commission
This article examines the institution of the U.S. Circuit Judge Nominating Commission as a new actor in the recruitment process to the federal judiciary. The mandate and operation of the commission are examined and, through the utilization of mailed questionnaires, the research attempts to tap the decisional criteria employed by commission members. Criticisms of the commission and its operation are developed utilizing questionnaire responses as w…
Judicial Career Patterns and Majority Opinion Assignment on the Supreme Court
The Equality Principle & Majority Opinion Assignment on the United States Supreme Court
Who Speaks for the Court? Majority Opinion Assignment from Taft to Burger
The designation of the majority opinion writer is one of the major prerogatives of the Chief Justiceship for influencing the formulation of judicial policy. The limited research on opinion assignment has focused almost exclusively on the ideological aspects of assignment decisions. Data sets employed have been small and noncomparable. This paper empirically examines several concerns operating in opinion assignment decision making in addition to i…
On Conventional Wisdoms, Context and Judicial Career Patterns: A Response to Professor Rathjen
Federal Trial and Appellate Judges: How Do They Differ
STUDENTS of the American judiciary have long been interested in identifying the qualities that go into the making of a good federal judge. Several analysts have gone so far as to report on the empirical similarities and differences between judges appointed by different presidential administrations. 1 Work in this genre has been limited, however, by the inherent difficulties of uncovering accurate and important data about the largely invisible fed…
NSF Funds Ralph Bunche Summer Institute
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Television News and the Supreme Court: All the News that's Fit to Air
Beginning with the recognition that the Supreme Court is the most invisible branch of American government and the one that most Americans know the least about, this book examines the way in which television news, the primary source of the public's limited knowledge, covers the Supreme Court. The book relies on rich interviews with network news reporters who have covered the Court, coupled with actual videotapes of network newscast coverage, to de…
Aage Clausen
Aage Clausen, professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science at Ohio State University, died in January 2011 at the age of 78. He was an extraordinary person who made major contributions as a scholar and teacher and he was a remarkable individual who was much beloved as a colleague and friend
Writing the Book of Judges: Part 1: Obama’s Judicial Appointments Record after Six Years
This is part 1 of a two-part series detailing the selection and confirmation processes of lower federal court judges during President Obama’s first 6 years. Our attention in part 1 is on Obama’s lower federal court appointments during the 113th Congress, specifically on the selection processes. We then examine the backgrounds and attributes of those confirmed during the 113th, looking at the appointees to the district and appeals courts separatel…
Writing the Book of Judges: Part 2: Confirmation Politics in the 113th Congress
Building on the empirical portrait of federal judicial selection processes and outcomes in the 113th Congress published in part 1, we now turn to in-depth analyses, drawing on extensive interview data, of the confirmation battle over confirmations to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, filibuster reform (the nuclear option) and its consequences, the role of the blue slip system in contemporary judicial selection, case studies of selection successes …
Obama’s Judicial Legacy: The Final Chapter
This article looks at the appointment and confirmation politics of President Obama’s nominees during the 114th Congress in which unprecedented obstruction and delay of Obama's nominees including the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland occurred. This is placed within the overall context of Obama’s impact on the judiciary. The demographic portrait of the Obama judiciary is sketched with special attention to the historic record of diverse no…
Law (12 works) · Political science (12 works) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Legal and Constitutional Studies (8 works) · Supreme court (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · History (5 works) · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (5 works) · Majority opinion (5 works)