In the midst of the contentious confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, we explore the history of Supreme Court confirmation hearings and consider their constitutional implications. What does the Constitution say about the Senate’s duty to provide “advice and consent,” how did the Framers envision it, and how has it played out over time? We explore key moments in confirmation hearings past and illuminate turning points that changed the process in many ways
In 1995, a law professor at the University of Chicago Law School dubbed the Supreme Court confirmati...
Supreme Court confirmation hearings have an interesting biographical feature: before nominees even s...
At today’s confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, senators are attempting to...
In the midst of the contentious confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh...
The confirmation process for Supreme Court justices is examined as a form of indirect constitutional...
ABSTRACT In 1816, the Senate created the Committee on the Judiciary to assist in its task of providi...
For a while it appeared likely that the hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of then-Judge Brett...
In recent years, commentators have complained about what they regard as an increasingly dysfunction...
In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, I argued (and still believe) that Judge Robert B...
The five Supreme Court nominations between 2005 and 2010 brought renewed attention to the Senate’s r...
The Bush Administration will likely have the opportunity to make a number of appointments to the Sup...
The authors argue that Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings serve as a democratic forum for the discu...
As scholars of the confirmation process, we aim to measure what is measurable, in the hope that data...
Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominees have in recent years grown increasingly cont...
This article uses an original database of confirmation hearing dialogue to examine how the Senate Ju...
In 1995, a law professor at the University of Chicago Law School dubbed the Supreme Court confirmati...
Supreme Court confirmation hearings have an interesting biographical feature: before nominees even s...
At today’s confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, senators are attempting to...
In the midst of the contentious confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh...
The confirmation process for Supreme Court justices is examined as a form of indirect constitutional...
ABSTRACT In 1816, the Senate created the Committee on the Judiciary to assist in its task of providi...
For a while it appeared likely that the hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of then-Judge Brett...
In recent years, commentators have complained about what they regard as an increasingly dysfunction...
In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, I argued (and still believe) that Judge Robert B...
The five Supreme Court nominations between 2005 and 2010 brought renewed attention to the Senate’s r...
The Bush Administration will likely have the opportunity to make a number of appointments to the Sup...
The authors argue that Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings serve as a democratic forum for the discu...
As scholars of the confirmation process, we aim to measure what is measurable, in the hope that data...
Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominees have in recent years grown increasingly cont...
This article uses an original database of confirmation hearing dialogue to examine how the Senate Ju...
In 1995, a law professor at the University of Chicago Law School dubbed the Supreme Court confirmati...
Supreme Court confirmation hearings have an interesting biographical feature: before nominees even s...
At today’s confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, senators are attempting to...