Title: The Chief Justice as Executive: Judicial Conference Committee Appointments
Abstract: This paper is the first comprehensive empirical study of Chief Justice appointments to the Judicial Conference committees of the United States Courts, entities with influence over substantive public and legal policy. Using a newly created database of all judges appointed to serve on Judicial Conference committees between 1986 and 2012, the results indicate that a judge's partisan alignment with the Chief Justice matters, as do personal characteristics such as race, experience on the bench, and court level. These results support claims that Judicial Conference committee selection, membership, and participation may present a vehicle for advancing the Chief Justice’s individual political and policy interests.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-05-05
Language: en
Type: article
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