Download or read book Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings in the U S Senate written by Dion Farganis and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2014-03-24 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How much do Supreme Court nominees reveal at their confirmation hearings, and how do their answers affect senators' votes?
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 1316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Download or read book The Advice and Consent of the Senate written by Joseph P. Harris and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953.
Download or read book Senate Confirmation of Officers and Employees written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Confirmation hearings on federal appointments written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The President Shall Nominate written by Mitchel A. Sollenberger and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and path-breaking study of what happens behind the scenes before presidents publicly announce to the Senate--and, thus, the nation--their nominees for federal positions.
Download or read book Senate Confirmation Process written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of the Senate in the confirmation process is defined in the Constitution. Article II, Section 2 provides that the President “shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint high government officials.â€ŗ All positions requiring confirmation are set by statute. Senate Rule XXXI regulates proceedings on nominations in executive sessions (“executiveâ€ŗ in this case refers to executive business, not to a closed or secret session). Each Senate committee may adopt its own procedures as long as they do not conflict with Senate rules. For more information on legislative process, see [http://www.crs.gov/products/guides/guidehome.shtml ].
Download or read book Senate Confirmation of Officers and Employees written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings in the U S Senate written by Dion Farganis and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2014-03-24 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critics claim that Supreme Court nominees have become more evasive in recent decades and that Senate confirmation hearings lack real substance. Conducting a line-by-line analysis of the confirmation hearing of every nominee since 1955—an original dataset of nearly 11,000 questions and answers from testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee—Dion Farganis and Justin Wedeking discover that nominees are far more forthcoming than generally assumed. Applying an original scoring system to assess each nominee’s testimony based on the same criteria, they show that some of the earliest nominees were actually less willing to answer questions than their contemporary counterparts. Factors such as changes in the political culture of Congress and the 1981 introduction of televised coverage of the hearings have created the impression that nominee candor is in decline. Further, senators’ votes are driven more by party and ideology than by a nominee’s responsiveness to their questions. Moreover, changes in the confirmation process intersect with increasing levels of party polarization as well as constituents’ more informed awareness and opinions of recent Supreme Court nominees.
Download or read book The Advice and Consent of the Senate written by Joseph Pratt Harris and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1968 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Senate Confirmation Process written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Senate gives its advice and consent to presidential appointments to the Supreme Court and to high-level positions in the Cabinet departments and independent agencies. [...] The nomination is read on the floor and the executive clerk assigns it a number. [...] The Parliamentarian, acting on behalf of the presiding officer, refers each nomination to the committee with jurisdiction over the position or the agency in which the position exists. [...] The closest scrutiny in hearings is given to the most senior appointments, and also to controversial nominees, to afford committee members an opportunity to question a nominee to determine his or her fitness for a post. [...] If the committee votes to report the nomination, it is then filed with the legislative clerk, who notifies the executive clerk.
Download or read book Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Warring Factions written by Lauren Cohen Bell and published by Ohio State University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warring Factions focuses on the United States Senate's confirmation process, the constitutional process the Senate uses to approve or reject the president's choices to fill federal government positions. It is a book about history, the evolution, and, argubly, the decline of the process. Most significantly, it is a book that demonstrates the extent to which interest groups and money have transformed the Senate's confirmation process into a virtual circus. Based on in-depth research, including two dozen original interviews with United States senators, former senators and Senate staff members and interest group leaders, this volume demonstrates that today's confirmation process is nothing more than an extension of the Senate's legislative work. Changes to internal Senate norms in the 1960s and 1970s, coupled with changes to the external political environment, have allowed interest groups to dominate the Senate confirmation process.
Download or read book The Senate Confirmation Process written by Theodore B. Olson and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Presidential Appointments the Senate s Confirmation Process and Changes Made in the 112th Congress written by Maeve P. Carey and published by . This book was released on 2011-11-11 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book It s Not Personal written by Logan Dancey and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to be confirmed to a lifetime appointment on the federal bench, all district and circuit court nominees must appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a confirmation hearing. Despite their relatively low profile, these lower court judges make up 99 percent of permanent federal judgeships and decide cases that relate to a wide variety of policy areas. To uncover why senators hold confirmation hearings for lower federal court nominees and the value of these proceedings more generally, the authors analyzed transcripts for all district and circuit court confirmation hearings between 1993 and 2012, the largest systematic analysis of lower court confirmation hearings to date. The book finds that the time-consuming practice of confirmation hearings for district and circuit court nominees provides an important venue for senators to advocate on behalf of their policy preferences and bolster their chances of being re-elected. The wide variation in lower court nominees’ experiences before the Judiciary Committee exists because senators pursue these goals in different ways, depending on the level of controversy surrounding a nominee. Ultimately, the findings inform a (re)assessment of the role hearings play in ensuring quality judges, providing advice and consent, and advancing the democratic values of transparency and accountability.
Download or read book Nomination Confirmations written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
