Role of Home State Senators in the Selection of Lower Federal Court Judges

Rutkus, Denis Steven

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Congress;    District courts;    Judges;    Nominations for office;    Selection of judges;   

RP-ID  :  RL34405
RP-ID  :  RL34405_2013Feb11

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report examines the role that home state Senators, historically and in the contemporary era, have played in the selection of nominees to U.S. district court and circuit court of appeals judgeships. It also identifies issues that have arisen in recent years over the role of home state Senators in the selection process for federal judges.