“Nominating Federal Judges and Justices”
Lee Epstein and Jeffrey A. Segal

In The Oxford Handbook of the American Presidency, ed. George C. Edwards III and William G. Howell. Oxford University Press (2009)
Click here for the chapter

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• Advice and Consent: The Politics of Judicial Appointments

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• The Role of Qualifications in Confirmation of Nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court

• The Changing Dynamics of Senate Voting on Supreme Court Nominees

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