Partisan Politics
The Impact of Party in the Confirmation of Minority and Female Federal Court Nominees
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6315459 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisa A Solowiej (Department of Political Science at Binghamton University, corresponding author), Wendy L Martinek (0009-0002-1223-3576, Department of Political Science at Binghamton University, corresponding author), Thomas L Brunell (0000-0003-3077-5037, The University of Texas at Dallas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 557-577 |
| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Party Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1354068805054980 |
| OpenAlex | W2154932063 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 56 |
Only a few studies of the lower federal court confirmation process consider the role of the race/gender of nominees in that process and none consider the intersection of party politics with those characteristics. We address this deficiency, arguing that the different electoral incentive structures of the two major parties have consequences for the treatment of minority and female nominees. The levels of minority and female support enjoyed by the Democratic Party, as well as the Republican Party’s desire to shed its reputation as being insensitive to issues of importance to those constituencies, lead us to expect that the nominations of minorities and women will be handled most expeditiously under conditions of unified Republican control, followed by unified Democratic control, divided control with a Republican president and divided control with a Democratic president. Our empirical analysis provides partial support for this hierarchy and demonstrates the importance of considering the conditioning effect of partisan politics
Control (management · Democracy · Divided government · Economics · Hierarchy · Incentive · Law and economics · Management · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Reputation · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Public Administration
Lower Federal Court Judicial Confirmation Fights
Nuclear Fallout
President Biden and Diversity in Executive Appointments
Presidential Decision Making and Minority Nominations to the U.S. Courts of Appeals
Assessing Changes in State Representation on the U.S. Courts of Appeals
Prioritizing Judicial Nominations after Presidential Transitions
Individual Scrutiny or Politics as Usual? Senatorial Assessment of U.S. District Court Nominees
Anchoring or Expanding? Gender and Judicial Nominations
Female and Minority Judicial Nominees
InstitutionalConflict andPerceivedPropertyRights inAppointmentPolitics
Presidential Strategy in the Judicial Appointment Process
Race and the decline of class in American politics
Elections and the political order
Partisan Politics, Divided Government, and the Economy
Voting
Issue Evolution
Evidence of Increasing Polarization among Ordinary Citizens
Federal Judges
Race, Recruitment, and Representation
Existing Diversity and Judicial Selection
Agenda Setting and Legislative Success in State Legislatures
Picking Federal Judges
Recovering a Basic Space From a Set of Issue Scales
Explaining the Gender Gap in U.S. Presidential Elections, 1980-1992
Advice and Consent
Integrating Alternative Approaches to the Study of Judicial Voting
To Advise and Consent
Regional and Partisan Bases of Congressional Support for the Changing Agenda of Civil Rights Legislation
"Should Blacks Represent Blacks and Women Represent Women? A Contingent "Yes
Strategy and Sophisticated Voting in the Senate
A Bench That Looks Like America? Representation of African Americans and Latinos on the Federal Courts
Presidential Approval and Legislative Success
A Reappraisal of Diversification in the Federal Courts
The Diversification of the Federal Bench
The Evolution of the Gender Gap
The Demographics of a New Voting Gap Marital Differences in American Voting
Surge and Decline
The Timing of Presidential Nominations to the Lower Federal Courts
Senatorial Discourtesy
The Potential Electoral Disadvantages of a Catch-All Party
Why Gain in the Senate but Midterm Loss in the House? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
The Power of Ideologically Concentrated Minorities
Advantages and Disadvantages of Cognitive Heuristics in Political Decision Making
Time is of the Essence
The Politics of Supreme Court Nominations
Senatorial Delay in Confirming Federal Judges, 1947-1998
Delaying Justice(s)
Duration Models and Proportional Hazards in Political Science
Black Elite Decision Making
Confirmation Delay for Vacancies on the Circuit Courts of Appeals
Race, Recruitment, and Representation
Whither the Future of Blacks in the Republican Party
The Increasing Senate Scrutiny of Lower Federal Court Nominees
From Abe Fortas to Zoë Baird
"Mr. Justice Black and "Senatorial Courtesy
Political Parties and Macroeconomic Policy
The Strategic Timing of Position Taking in Congress
The Impact of Party and Region on Voting Decisions in the United States Courts of Appeals, 1955-1986
Voting Behavior on the United States Courts of Appeals, 1961-1964
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,58 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |