Presidential strategy in the judicial appointment process: "Going public" in support of nominees to the U.S. courts of appeals

American Politics Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 567-594

  Holmes, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Court nominees; Courts of appeals; Going public; Judicial appointments; Judiciary; Presidential appointments; Senate confirmation process

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547507710     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X07301807     Document Type: Article

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