The Appointment Process for U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations : An Overview.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Government Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress--Powers and duties.

United States.

United States. Congress.

Executive-legislative relations.

District courts.

Judges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (48 p), digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides overview of appointment process for U.S. circuit and district court judges. Describes three primary phases of the appointment process, including Presidential selection of judicial nominees and key role played by home State Senators in recommending judicial candidates; Senate Judiciary Committee role in considering and deciding whether to approve and report out the Presidential judicial nominations to the Senate; and Senate floor consideration and confirmation of judicial nominations through use of either its unanimous consent process or its cloture process.

Notes:

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

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Government Division. Appointment Process for U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations

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