The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has the exclusive and independent power to appoint
federal judges to various special courts and panels, including the Foreign Intelligence …

This study explores how different institutional configurations affect the impact that partisan
considerations have on gubernatorial appointments to state supreme courts. It does this by …

Empirical studies of judges' ideological voting call for a theory according to which the
ideology of the judges can be measured. This article calls into question the assumption that …

The state supreme court literature often overlooks the twelve states that use traditional
appointment systems or fails to explore differences in their judicial designs. Eight states …

This article is the first comprehensive empirical study of chief justice appointments to the
Judicial Conference committees of the US Courts, entities with influence over substantive …

We examine how institutional selection procedures affect the ideology of state supreme
court chief justices. We argue that institutional selection methods empower those charged …

The relationship between the Supreme Court and its political environment, the other
branches of government and the general public, has intrigued schol? ars and other …

Over the past two decades, the United States has seen an intense debate about the
composition of the federal judiciary. Are judges" activists"? Should they stop" legislating from …

summary Over the past two decades, the United States has seen an intense debate about
the composition of the federal judiciary. Are judges" activists"? Should they stop" legislating …

While many of the decisions of federal district court judges involve the routine application of
settled legal rules, a significant minority of their decisions present the judges with the …