Ch 13 - Federal Courts - Class 5
- 3. How has the appointment and confirmation process for federal judges evolved over time?
- Blog: Courts & Policy Issue
- What cases did your classmates discover?
- Analyze: Confirmation Politics (EQ #3)
- How is a federal judge (District, Circuit, or Supreme Court) nominated and confirmed?
- President weighs a variety of factors and nominates an individual from a short list prepared by White House staff (example)
- Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearings and forwards nomination to the Senate floor (example)
- Senate votes as a whole to confirm the nominee, unless blocked by filibuster (example)
- Why has the confirmation process become so politicized?
- Is there a correlation between the party affiliation of the president and the voting habits of his appointees?
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