The federalist society's influence on the federal judiciary

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 366-378

  Scherer, Nancy ^a   Miller, Banks ^b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appointments; Courts; Decision making; Judges

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651015214     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912908317030     Document Type: Article

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