Nominations to U.S. Circuit and District Courts by President Obama During the 111th and 112th Congresses.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Government Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executive-legislative relations.

Circuit courts.

Judges.

Nominations for office.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (33 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides and analyzes statistics on President Obama nominees to U.S. circuit court of appeals and U.S. district court judgeships during the 111th and 112th Congresses. Compares success to date of President Obama judicial nominees in advancing through the Senate confirmation process with the success of judicial nominees of the four most recent presidencies. Identifies selected factors which may influence various statistical aspects of the lower court appointment process and variation in these statistics across presidencies. Includes tables and graphs.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Government Division. Nominations to U.S. Circuit and District Courts by President Obama During the 111th and 112th Congresses

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