Who drives the ideological makeup of the lower federal courts in a divided government?

Law and Society Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 191-217

  Scherer, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 0035540007     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3185390     Document Type: Article

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