Going Public When Opinion Is Contested: Evidence from Presidents' Campaigns for Supreme Court Nominees, 1930-2009

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 442-470

  Cameron, Charles ^a,b   Park, Jee Kwang ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

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EID: 84896119888     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2011.03881.x     Document Type: Article

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