Review Essay
Polity (2008) 40, 394–409. doi:10.1057/pol.2008.1; published online 18 February 2008
Appointing Federal Judges: Law, Politics, and Democracy
Michael Comiskey
Seeking Justices: The Judging of Supreme Court Nominees. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2004.
Richard Davis
Electing Justice: Fixing the Supreme Court Nomination Process. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Lee Epstein and Jeffrey A. Segal
Advice and Consent: The Politics of Judicial Appointments. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Benjamin Wittes
Confirmation Wars: Preserving Independent Courts in Angry Times. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006.
Gerard J Fitzpatrick1
1Ursinus College
Keywords:
Supreme Court, federal judiciary, appointment, recruitment


