MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01576nam a22002298a 4500
001 2008027624
003 DLC
005 20080701170151.0
008 080625s2008 nyu 000 0 eng
010 $a 2008027624
020 $a9781604569544 (softcover)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aKF8776$b.R883 2008
082 00 $a347.73/2234$222
100 1 $aRutkus, Denis Steven.
245 10 $aRole of home-state senators in the selection of lower federal court judges /$cDenis Steven Rutkus, author.
260 $aNew York :$bNova Science Publishers,$cc2008.
263 $a0810
300 $ap. cm.
505 0 $aBackground and origins of senators recommending role -- The senate's exercise of advice and consent -- Role for senators in selecting nominees linked to their states -- Senatorial courtesy -- Blue slip policy of Senate Judiciary Committee -- Senators' party affiliations and their recommending role when one senator is of the president's party -- When both senators are of the president's party -- When neither senator is of the president's party -- The customary model : officials in the state who are of the president's party -- Play the primary -- Recommending role exceptions to the customary model : where senators play a primary recommending role -- Lesser role for senators when recommending circuit court candidates -- Selecting judicial candidates to recommend -- Learning of the vacancy relationship with the other home state senator.
650 0 $aJudges$xSelection and appointment$zUnited States.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCongress.$bSenate.$xPowers and duties.