Senate Confirmation of Supreme Court Justices
Partisan and Institutional Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6384397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey A Segal (State University of New York, corresponding author), Jeffrey Segal (0000-0001-8405-8346) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 998-1015 |
| Publication date | 1987-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3816 • E-ISSN: 1468-2508 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2130781 |
| OpenAlex | W2142654669 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 50 |
| References cited | 13 |
A president's most important appointments are to the Supreme Court of the United States. Unlike cabinet officers, the Senate does not routinely confirm Supreme Court justices. To study this phenomenon, I propose four related models of confirmation. The models assume senators to be political persons motivated by both partisan and institutional concerns. The data consist of 138 confirmation decisions, with the parameters estimated by probit. The models explain between 38% and 42% of the variance in confirmation decisions, while predicting 87% and 88% of the cases correctly. Institutional politics are at least as important as partisan politics in predicting decisions
Cabinet (room · Econometrics · Economics · Political science · Politics · Probit model · Supreme court · Supreme Court Decisions · Variance (accounting · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Water Quality and Resources Studies
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| Unique citing works | 50 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,32 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2020 (33) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 50 |