Publication

1997 - Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

107,000 words, Guess

Page Count

428 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing1161578
  • Goodreads3782990

Classifications

  • DDC347.73/234
  • LCCKF8776 .G65 1997
  • LCCKF8776.G65 1997

Description

In this landmark book, a leading authority on lower federal court judicial selections tells the riveting story of how nine presidents over a period of fifty-six years have chosen federal judges. Sheldon Goldman has interviewed participants, and he has mined published and unpublished government documents and archives, along with memoranda, letters, and other documents in the papers of every president from Franklin Roosevelt through Ronald Reagan, to bring to life the judicial selection process. His book is filled with richly drawn and dramatic accounts of each president's use of judicial appointments to further policy, partisan, and personal agendas. Goldman analyzes political and social changes that have occurred over the years and the impact of those changes on the profile of those selected for the bench.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Picking federal judges: lower court selection from Roosevelt through ReaganYale University Press1997-01-01

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