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Fourth Circuit Judicial Appointments, Carl W. Tobias
Fourth Circuit Judicial Appointments, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
Fourth Circuit judicial selection deserves an examination, which this Article undertakes. The first part investigates the background of the Fourth Circuit appointments process, emphasizing relevant developments throughout the Bush Administration. The second part descriptively and critically assesses nomination and confirmation in the Obama Administration. The third part derives lessons from the Fourth Circuit selection efforts by comparing them with Obama's national selection efforts and processes in other administrations. For example, all four Obama nominees are ethnic minorities or women and were sitting judges when nominated, and one is younger than fifty-five. Accordingly, their confirmation increases the appeals court's ethnic and …
Judicial Elections In The Aftermath Of White, Caperton, And Citizens United, Charles G. Geyh
Judicial Elections In The Aftermath Of White, Caperton, And Citizens United, Charles G. Geyh
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Improving Federal Judicial Selection, Carl W. Tobias
Improving Federal Judicial Selection, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
Review of Benjamin Wittes, Confirmation Wars: Preserving Independent Courts in Angry Times (2006).