The confirmation drama continues

Judicature

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 262-303

  Goldman, Sheldon ^a   Slotnick, Elliot ^b   Schiavoni, Sara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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2. The most recent article in the series is Sheldon Goldman, Sara Schiavoni, and Elliot Slotnick, W. Bush's Judicial Legacy: Mission Accomplished, 92Judicature 258 (2009).
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