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03901aam a22004938i 4500 001 EBDE0390B05F11EA86A2D96D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200617010021 008 191220s2020 miu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019057952 020 $a 0472131834 020 $a 9780472131839 035 $a (OCoLC)1107324749 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a KF8776 $b .D36 2020 100 1 $a Dancey, Logan M., $d 1981- $e author. 245 10 $a It's not personal : $b politics and policy in lower court confirmation hearings / $c Logan Dancey, Kjersten R. Nelson and Eve M. Ringsmuth. 263 $a 2004 264 1 $a Ann Arbor : $b University of Michigan Press, $c 2020. 300 $a pages cm 490 0 $a Legislative politics and policy making 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Confirmation Hearings: Who Conducts Them, Who Gets One, and How They Work -- An Overview of Confirmation Hearings, 1993- -- Why Do Senators Hold Confirmation Hearings? : An Initial Investigation -- In Pursuit of Policy Goals : Explaining the Content of Lower Court Confirmation Hearings -- The Value of Hearings for Senators' Electoral Goals -- The Content and Consequences of Hearings for Controversial Nominees -- The Value of Lower Court Confirmation Hearings 520 $a "In order to be confirmed to a lifetime appointment on the federal bench, all district and circuit court nominees must appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a confirmation hearing. Most commonly, nominees field a handful of questions by two senators, yet some nominees receive over 150 questions by 10 or more senators. Lower court judges make up approximately 98% of permanent federal judgeships and their cases encompass a variety of policy areas as they interpret and apply the Constitution, laws, and precedents of the United States. The authors of It's Not Personal analyzed transcripts for all district and circuit court confirmation hearings between 1993 and 2012. They found that the time-consuming practice of confirmation hearings for district and circuit nominees provides an important venue in which senators can advocate on behalf of their policy preferences and bolster their chances of being reelected. The variation in lower court nominees' experiences before the Judiciary Committee exists because senators pursue these goals in different ways, depending on the level of controversy surrounding a nominee. Studying confirmation hearings improves our understanding of the process by which individuals gain lifetime seats on the federal bench, positions from which they can influence the development of law"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 10 $a United States. $b Senate. $b Senate. 610 17 $a United States. $b Senate. $b Senate. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00530422 650 0 $a Judges $x Selection and appointment $z United States. 650 0 $a Political questions and judicial power $z United States. 650 0 $a District courts $z United States. 650 0 $a Appellate courts $z United States. 650 7 $a Appellate courts. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00811535 650 7 $a District courts. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00895633 650 7 $a Judges $x Selection and appointment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00984544 650 7 $a Political questions and judicial power. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069674 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 653 $a Confirmation of judicial nominees 700 1 $a Nelson, Kjersten R., $d 1978- $e author. 700 1 $a Ringsmuth, Eve M., $d 1982- $e author. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Dancey, Logan Michael, 1981- $t It's not personal $d Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2020. $z 9780472126569 $w (DLC) 2019057953 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721013843.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EBDE0390B05F11EA86A2D96D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search