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Advice and Dissent

The Struggle to Shape the Federal Judiciary
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Focusing on the selection of judges for the U.S. Courts of Appeals and the U.S. District Courts, the true workhorses of the federal bench, Sarah A. Binder and Forrest Maltzman reconstruct the history and contemporary practice of advice and consent. They identify the political and institutional causes of conflict over judicial selection over the past sixty years, as well as the consequences of such battles over court appointments.
Sarah A. Binder is a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and a professor of political science at George Washington University. Her most recent book is Stalemate: Causes and Consequences of Legislative Gridlock (Brookings). Forrest Maltzman is a professor of political science at George Washington University. He is the coauthor most recently of Crafting Law on the Supreme Court: The Collegial Game (Cambridge).
"This book tackles an important and timely topic -the confirmation of lower federal court judges -and does so with originality, objectivity, and methodological sophistication. The authors have a firm historical grasp and provide a necessary and illuminating political overview and context. This is unquestionably a major contribution to the literature." -Sheldon Goldman, University of Massachusetts at Amherst |"This very timely study adds significantly to our understanding of the ongoing conflict over the makeup of the federal judiciary. Every chapter is packed with new information, and the work as a whole has remarkable historical sweep and detail. It will be instructive and useful to both students and specialists." -David W. Rohde, Duke University |" Advice and Dissent is a must-read for anyone interested in the courts and judiciary. It is an important work for scholars. The historical sweep, detailed study of Senatorial politics, and examination of how partisan conflict affects judicial legitimacy combine to provide a particularly comprehensive analysis of the politics of judicial confirmations." -Brandice Canes-Wrone, Department of Politics and Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
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